RAVEN not only mimics a bird’s behavior ... “What I consistently observed was that they always jumped to initiate flight, even in situations where they could have used only their wings.” ...

The robot-raven can take off from higher places, like birds that jump to take flight. During the flight, the device is propelled by a single propeller located in the front, and the direction of ...

RAVEN certainly resembles a bird. Birds take off by jumping, a method of taking flight the robot’s developers say proved to be more efficient in the drone than other options that used just a ...