Their Robotic Avian-inspired Vehicle for multiple ENvironments (RAVEN) trades traditional landing gear for a pair of bird-inspired articulated legs that allow the drone to walk around, hop over ...
RAVEN uses spring-loaded legs for energy-efficient flight. Inspired by crows, it can hop, walk, and launch into the air. Built by EPFL researchers with a fixed-wing design for flying.
Now, researchers at the Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland and UC Irvine are testing a new drone with fixed wings and mechanical bird-like legs. Robotic Avian-inspired ...