Hacker News with Generative AI: Biomimicry

Bird-inspired drone uses legs to walk and jump into the air (ieee.org)
On the shores of Lake Geneva in Switzerland, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne is home to many roboticists. It’s also home to many birds, which spend the majority of their time doing bird things.
Robotics, Drones, Engineering, Biomimicry
193 points by bookofjoe 11 days ago | 65 comments
Bird wings inspire new approach to flight safety (engineering.princeton.edu)
Taking inspiration from bird feathers, Princeton engineers have found that adding rows of flaps to a remote-controlled aircraft’s wings improves flight performance and helps prevent stalling, a condition that can jeopardize a plane’s ability to stay aloft.
Aviation, Engineering, Biomimicry, Flight Safety
14 points by f1shy 77 days ago | 3 comments
Insect-inspired autonomous navigation strategy for tiny, lightweight robots (techxplore.com)
Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Biomimicry
7 points by wglb 184 days ago | 2 comments
Self-healing 'living skin' can make robots more humanlike (livescience.com)
Robotics, Materials Science, Biomimicry
42 points by avivallssa 202 days ago | 48 comments
Mimicking an Elephant Trunk (physics.aps.org)
Robotics, Biomimicry, Engineering
10 points by Luc 217 days ago | 4 comments
Bionic Bee (festo.com)
Robotics, Biomimicry, Engineering
16 points by croes 268 days ago | 5 comments