Researchers at the University of Illinois have built a robot bird that can fly gracefully across a room and land gently on your hand. Screenshot by CNET ...

Inspired by birds, which use powerful leg thrusts to launch into the air, researchers led by Dr Won Dong Shin created ‘RAVEN’, a robot capable of achieving similar feats to its avian namesake.

Taking cues from the animal kingdom, the team from Stanford University developed a robot with bird-like claws that can catch objects and balance itself on any surface.

Researchers are building a robot bird. That's great news until a robot cat comes along.

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 ...

With feet and legs like a peregrine falcon, engineers have created a robot that can perch and carry objects like a bird.