Sunday, September 21, 2014

Realistic 'robo-hawks' designed to fly around and clear threats of real birds



Birds are a really fantastic group of animals, they are completely free, not have barriers to flyer. But sometimes it becomes harmful if you work at places like airports, farms, and landfills. Today, there are a variety of technologies for spooking birds, but Nico Nijenhuis (an Australian guy) is working in a better idea. He is building a robotic bird, that be used to maintain some places without the real inconvenient birds. This tech is called “Robirds”, and is very similar a giant “plated” bird, and he become very aggressive when is close to a real bird, causing the animal to feel cornered and get out. The idea is so good because this robot bird can be programed to avoid when an airplane coming or take off, though avoid undesirable places.

The creator had some difficulties, of Flapping-Wing Flight. He knows all the theory of how birds work, but he had many difficulties about it, he said "But the minute wings start moving, we really have a problem", "It's all about very complex, three-dimensional flow. What a bird actually does is so complex that it's incredibly difficult to mimic.". However after many studies and include some sensors, the Robird had not more trouble. And he could be a flyer!