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 ...

Until now, building a machine able to endure the immense forces involved when a bird springs from its feat has proven challenging. They add: “However, challenges remain in reproducing multimodal ...

Have you ever wondered why an airplane has a vertical tailfin? The plane needs it to stabilize its flight. Since flying without a vertical tail is much more energy-efficient, the aviation industry has ...