• Bird-like robot perches on a human hand.
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There's a video demonstration on the website (Tried to embed, it failed) [quote] [B]Among the many challenges of designing flying robots is getting them to land gracefully. By taking a cue from birds, a team of engineers has developed a flapping-wing flying robot that can land by perching on a human hand. [/B] “We believe we have the first demonstration of autonomous/robotic flight of a bird-like micro aerial vehicle (MAV) perching on a human hand,” said project leader Soon-Jo Chung of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. A paper on the demonstration is under review for the [I]IEEE Transactions on Robotics[/I]. Hand perching involves two phases. First, the [URL="http://phys.org/tags/robot/"]robot[/URL] has to maneuver while gliding in order to reach the desired position, which it achieves by reorienting its articulated wings. Second, it has to “pitch up” right before landing to briefly climb and quickly reduce its touchdown speed. A bird-like robot perches on a human hand. As shown in the video, the researchers performed flight tests starting with launching the robot by hand from a height of about 2.5 meters. During the 1.5-second-long flight, the robot's speed decreases from 4.7 m/s to just under 2.5 m/s at the time of landing. As the robot glides to within a short distance of the hand target, it pitches up to a high angle of attack and then lands.As the engineers explain, the ability to hand perch represents a significant step toward designing flying robots capable of close interaction with humans. In the future, they plan to work on a go-around capability to accommodate failures during perching attempts. -------------------------------------------- Source:[URL="http://phys.org/news/2012-05-bird-like-robot-perches-human-video.html"] http://phys.org/news/2012-05-bird-like-robot-perches-human-video.html[/URL] [/quote] Pretty nifty. All I can envision is a robotic bald eagle swooping at me with razor sharp claws.
Nifty
The subject matter was very interesting, and the video covered it well. But to be honest, they could've picked a better commentator.
In the future, we'll have badass hawk robots. Or RC birds that can do this.
Now teach it to peck eyes out.
Soon robot birds, then electric sheep!
[img]http://media.comicvine.com/uploads/4/46928/2223777-ky_birdy.png[/img] I'd be okay with a mechanical bird.
The problem with this kind of thread is that I want one of these now...
I'd just build a robotic chicken and program it to hunt worms. The feedback from the onboard camera shows a terminator-like HUD, and the machine occasionally plays a "cluck cluck" audio recorded in Arnie's voice.
Reminds me of the creepy replicant Owl from Bladerunner [img]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_7T9xWTmNPhI/SubLcxKorvI/AAAAAAAAB3o/L0MPIUFr_6g/s320/vlcsnap-2009-10-26-03h16m39s60.png[/img]
Video so you don't have to look in source [video=youtube;2QqTcQ1BxIs]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2QqTcQ1BxIs[/video] Skip to 1:14 to see the actual landing
Now teach it to shit on cars at an angle so that it covers the maximum surface amount.
[IMG]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20100605215442/cnc/images/a/a1/RA3_Burst_Drone_Concept_Art.png[/IMG] Soon...soon.
Now give it machine guns for eyes
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how long before they make razor-beak?
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