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News, Videos & Other Webcams => Birds & Birding Videos => Topic started by: RCF on August 31, 2011, 20:44

Title: Videos: About Birds
Post by: RCF on August 31, 2011, 20:44

I didn't know where to put this , but I thought it was very cool!!

Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.

http://youtu.be/Fg_JcKSHUtQ

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: Jazzerkins on September 01, 2011, 19:00

That is amazing.  Thank you for sharing this with us bird lovers.

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: sami on September 01, 2011, 22:25

i could have fun with one of those - drive the cats crazy, though I'd be afraid of what would happen to it when it came down and they jumped on it.

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: Kinderchick on September 02, 2011, 08:20

LOL, sami! It would drive both my cats and my dog crazy, too! Awesome invention, though. 8)

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: Liz on September 16, 2011, 18:51

rcf, thanks so much for sharing this.  It is so cool!  (I admit, I just shared it on FB.  ;D)

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: ballywing on September 17, 2011, 01:10

Oooh!! - That was terrific!!!!  ;D

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: susha on September 17, 2011, 21:22

Very cool!

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: Jazzerkins on January 30, 2017, 18:56

This is so cute.  http://viraless.net/bird-asks-farmer-for-help/

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: dupre501 on January 31, 2017, 13:16

 :D

Title: Re: Videos: About Birds
Post by: The Peregrine Chick on January 31, 2017, 22:36

Very cute video - it's a juvenile robin so may well be imprinted on humans or very comfortable around humans.  Very cute either way ...   :)