Introducing the world's first autonomous flying robotic bird; SmartBird by Festo

SmartBird is an amazing feat in German engineering that fuses the highest levels of ingenuity, design, and technology to yield what no other venture has ever yielded before; the world's very first, completely autonomous mechanical bird. Festo, a leading word-wide supplier of automation technology based out of Berlin, Germany, has successfully developed an ultra-light and ultra strong model of a seagull that not only looks lifelike but more importantly has the aerodynamic qualities it needs to allow it to fly.

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[MrCatseyes01]

rise of the mechines

[maxbb24]

Amazing...

[WarblesOnALot]

@muddymuddymuddman

@RealJock123

 Thanks for sending me this Muddy... They did better than the Canadians in the '80s, who tried to make an Ornithopter WITHOUT basing it on any Birds ! 5 years later they tied a Seagull in a Wind Tunnel, to start over ! This Smartbird, shame they had to add the Vertical-Fin. The Trefoil/Anhedral Tail is really clever, & cute . Dunno if I can believe "Autonomous" though. Try "R/C, with Ring-Laser Gyro-Stabilised Autopilot "..?

[BishopWisecarver]

That's very cool! Nice video share!