We generated so many different bird cycles of interesting behaviour so that you could have something alive in the background that doesn’t upstage, but it still aids in getting a grounded ...

Dozens of boxes of robot pets rest atop the shelves, displaying three different options: a retriever-like dog, a cat, and red and blue birds. All three are produced by Ageless Innovations.

Birds change the shape of their wings far more than planes. The complexities of bird flight have posed a major design challenge for scientists trying to translate the way birds fly into robots.

Combing pigeon feathers with a robot allowed researchers to learn more about how birds fly, and hints at possible aircraft designs of the future.