Dead Birds Re-engineered as Drones

“Instead of using artificial materials for building drones, we can use the dead birds and re-engineer them as a drone,” lead author Mostafa Hassanalian, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, tells New Scientist.

The drones, known as “ornithopters,” are designed after the way that birds fly. They consist of a set of flapping wings and are powered by mechanical propellers.

In the study, researchers put together parts of taxidermy birds and artificial flapping drone mechanisms so that it looks and moves almost exactly like a bird."

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