Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back ...

Inspired by diving birds, roboticists built the lightweight machines to move from water to air. The design may one day lead ...

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...

A lightweight robot modeled on diving birds can swim underwater, break through the surface, and continue flying without using ...

A new ultra-lightweight robot can swim underwater – before emerging to fly through the air like a bird. The flapping-wing ...

Loons, gulls, puffins and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can ...

The bird-fish hybrid could one day be used to study aquatic animals underwater and then fly back to the base with data.

Researchers at MIT's Department of Mechanical Engineering have now developed a bio-inspired robotic bird capable of flying ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

A robot that can jump into flight like a bird could eliminate the need for runways for small fixed-winged drones. Birds use the powerful explosive force generated by their legs to leap into the air ...