Festo SmartBird - Bird Flight Deciphered

A few days ago I posted a video showing Festo's Smartbird, which is a robotic remotely controlled mechanical bird that flies.  Festo has put out a video showing how they built it plus lots of details about how it works.  It's a great, very professionally made video that's about eighteen minutes long, but it's well worth the time.

Festo - SmartBird

Festo is just amazing.  My goal in life if to half as inspired as these folks.  They have created an actual robotic seagull that actually flies.



Found on IEEE Spectrum