Flapping its mechanical wings, a hummingbird-like "ornithopter" built by Brigham Young University students is at once an engineering feat and a sign of things to come in unmanned surveillance ...

European scientists have built the first bird-like robot that can land like a true avian. A real bird landing on a branch makes the manoeuvre look simple, but in fact, it involves an extremely ...

The University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies’ manned ornithopter has achieved 15s of flight at an altitude above 3ft (1m), staying aloft for a distance of about 300m. The single-pilot ...