<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.element14.com/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Bionic bird, realistic flight</title><link>/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/bionic-bird-realistic-flight</link><description>players.brightcove.net/.../index.html The company Festo has made the world&amp;#39;s first electromechanical bird that flies like it&amp;#39;s real counterpart called the &amp;quot;Smartbird.&amp;quot; Festo took inspiration from the Herring Gull, with the guidance of With French phys</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>Telligent Community 12</generator><item><title>RE: Bionic bird, realistic flight</title><link>https://community.element14.com/technologies/robotics/b/blog/posts/bionic-bird-realistic-flight</link><pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 21:08:56 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">93d5dcb4-84c2-446f-b2cb-99731719e767:d343ef79-7c79-4f2d-be77-4b778d984178</guid><dc:creator>DAB</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><description>&lt;p&gt;I showed my wife the video and she was amazed.&amp;nbsp; If you did not know it was a machine, you would easily think it was a real bird.&amp;nbsp; The gearing mechanism for generating the wing movement was simple and brilliant.&amp;nbsp; They even included a method for changing the wing shape.&amp;nbsp; The Wright Brothers would be very proud to see someone create a model this close to real bird flight.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I urge everyone to look at this video, it is just incredible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Thanks,&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;DAB &lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="https://community.element14.com/aggbug?PostID=12240&amp;AppID=36&amp;AppType=Weblog&amp;ContentType=0" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>