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Newly developed micro robot bird able to perform reconnaissance, surveillance
FoxDC ^
| 21 Jun 2013
Posted on 06/21/2013 8:23:22 AM PDT by mandaladon
Researchers at the University of Maryland have developed a robot bird whose wings can flap independently of each other.
Called the "Robo Raven," the breakthrough engineering technology allows the robot to achieve any desired motion and to perform aerobatic maneuvers.
Developed by University of Maryland Professors S.K. Gupta and Hugh Bruck and their students, the robot birds could one day be used for reconnaissance and surveillance.
The final design enables a tiny video camera, can be launched from the ground, and can fly in winds up to 10 mph.
The micro air bird even fooled a local hawk, which attacked the robot in mid-flight on more than one occasion.
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TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Technical
KEYWORDS: drones
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To: mandaladon
Re: mechanical birds
Looks like the bird used by the falconer guy from “predators”.
Re mini drones:
Or that flying needle from Dune.
Sci-fi becoming reality...
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:03:14 AM PDT
by
WildHighlander57
((WildHighlander57 returning after lurking since 2000))
To: UCANSEE2
...............How about this?
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:08:52 AM PDT
by
mandaladon
(The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
To: mandaladon
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:09:34 AM PDT
by
mandaladon
(The truth about Benghazi is all I want)
To: mandaladon
I detest that thing. Everytime someone posts it I about beat my screen silly trying to get rid of it! : )
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:10:18 AM PDT
by
MWestMom
(Psalms 109:8)
To: mandaladon
I’m in the market for a mechanical swallow that will hunt these buggers for me.
To: Billthedrill
Living near the NIST labs, the damn things have been a nuisance for awhile. Tried the low tech solution.
but the squeaky chatter of all those tiny OnStar operators asking me if I'm alright just drives me nuts.
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:23:08 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: Covenantor
OK, that will work. Now I gotta find a supplier for 150 miles of flypaper. Sheesh, it never ends.
To: mandaladon
Thanks. Now, how do I get rid of them?
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:30:40 AM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: Billthedrill
Tweet moochelle. She knows where to get it wholesale. Marine pilots tell me she got some of that stuff earing style for her fella when they’re at Camp David. Dude kinda gets off on that stuff, if you know what I mean. Kinda funky with the Diana Ross gowns.
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:33:11 AM PDT
by
Covenantor
("Men are ruled...by liars who refuse them news, and by fools who cannot govern." Chesterton)
To: mandaladon; UCANSEE2
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posted on
06/21/2013 9:37:12 AM PDT
by
yorkie
To: IllumiNaughtyByNature
Not exactly the same thing.
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posted on
06/21/2013 10:03:43 AM PDT
by
Theoria
To: Diogenesis
Yep.
Just as Islam will never die until it either kills or converts us infidels...liberalism will never tolerate those who live by the Judeo/Christian ethic and seek the dream that is America.
Islam and Liberalism are seeking war or, at the very least, our annihilation.
And they call us intolerant.;-)
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posted on
06/21/2013 10:05:57 AM PDT
by
RoosterRedux
(Obama's Chechens are coming home...to roost.)
To: Theoria
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posted on
06/21/2013 10:06:55 AM PDT
by
IllumiNaughtyByNature
($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
To: mosaicwolf
No challenge for my Browning 12 ga. 3.5 magnum. What do you think, #7 shot?
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posted on
06/21/2013 10:16:19 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(Fight the culture of nothing.)
To: mandaladon
The crows in my neighborhood would take it in a second.
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posted on
06/21/2013 10:21:17 AM PDT
by
onedoug
To: reed13
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posted on
06/21/2013 11:18:24 AM PDT
by
reed13k
(For evil to triumph it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.)
To: mandaladon
Crebain- spies of Saruman
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posted on
06/21/2013 12:28:43 PM PDT
by
DannyTN
To: mandaladon
LET'S PROGRAM THESE ROBO-BIRDS TO DELIVER THE U.S. MAIL. THE SAVINGS IN POSTAL EMPLOYEE EXPENSE WILL BE IN THE BILLIONS...
NO, LET'S TRAIN EM TO PICK FRUIT~~ MORE BILLIONS SAVED! ...actually farm machinery engineers tell us that there is no fruit or vegetable so fragile that a picker machine cannot be engineered to harvest it...
SO WHY then are we importing actual people to pick fruits and vegetables? Seems the funds for the invention of these machines should be provided free to the engineering firms...then let Uncle Sam pay for their manufacture and finally Uncle Sam should provide them FREE to the farmers...what taxpayer could object to that? Folks..
THAT is a good use for government money...the ROI is incalcuable...
YODA SEZ: .
.
LET'S ROLLL!
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posted on
06/21/2013 12:44:38 PM PDT
by
jimsin
To: RoosterRedux
'Yep. That's amazing! I wonder how many DHS will order?'
FORGET ABOUT THE BIRDS AND TRAINEN' 'EM TO SPY
...LET'S HAVE UNCLE SAM PAY THESE CLEVER ENGINEERS TO INVENT ROBO
FISH ....THE ROBO-FISH OPERATE NETS IN THE OCEANS ....
THEN,USING ELECTRONIC EYES AND FINS, THEY SERVE MANKIND BY HERDING
REAL FISH INTO THEM THERE NETS!
HEY, thats a BRILLIANT IDEA!
I'M A GENIUS!
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posted on
06/21/2013 1:00:41 PM PDT
by
jimsin
To: DannyTN
Saruman is a pretty good analog for liberals... join with the enemy and expect to shape his evil...
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