Festo's SmartBird Robot Resembles a Real Bird From a Distance

Posted on March 28, 2011

A company named Festo has built an impressive looking robot bird. The design was inspired by a herring gull. From a distance the bird resembles a real bird. Festo says its robot bird, called SmartBird, can start, fly and land autonomously -- with no additional drive mechanism. The wings of SmartBird beat up and down and also twist at specific angles. You can read more about SmartBird here. Take a look:

More from Science Space & Robots

  • iRonCub3 Takes First Step Toward Humanoid Robot Flight


  • Bathynomus Vaderi, A Huge Sea Bug


  • Swiss-Italian Researchers Develop Edible RoboCake


  • Scientists Use CT Scans to Examine Giant Hailstones


  • LG Display Creates Stretchable Display, Expands up to 50%



    • Latest Tech Products

  • Apple Mac Mini with M4 Chip

  • Apple iPad Mini A17 Pro