Watch this bird-inspired robotic drone leap into the air

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  • Опубліковано 9 гру 2024

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  • @dsdy1205
    @dsdy1205 6 днів тому +463

    The government drone people are gonna love this

    • @UltimateEntity
      @UltimateEntity 6 днів тому +13

      "I knew it"

    • @Earth_Rim_Roamer
      @Earth_Rim_Roamer 5 днів тому +4

      CIA already had similar stuff. Check out the Insectothopter from the 1970s. Who knows what they have now.

    • @cosmicbricks3339
      @cosmicbricks3339 5 днів тому +4

      @@Earth_Rim_Roameryeah and it was a flop remember

    • @Infarlock
      @Infarlock 5 днів тому

      hahaha I thought about that too

    • @charlesthomas7372
      @charlesthomas7372 4 дні тому +2

      They are revealing the early stages of an old and already improved technology.

  • @hoodedferret
    @hoodedferret 6 днів тому +388

    Birds are just never going to beat the allegations at this rate

  • @fablewalls
    @fablewalls 5 днів тому +117

    Can't help thinking that someone is going to build a cat drone to catch these bird drones...

  • @Afrotechmods
    @Afrotechmods 6 днів тому +238

    Yet more proof that pigeons aren't real.

    • @mark261166
      @mark261166 5 днів тому +7

      You never see baby Pigeons..........

    • @akiraak2247
      @akiraak2247 5 днів тому +10

      wait, are you still alive?

    • @JoshuaRando
      @JoshuaRando 5 днів тому +2

      It's Afrotechmods!

    • @SERG__ZV
      @SERG__ZV 5 днів тому

      @@mark261166 3 months ago, we picked up a baby pigeon. He still lives with us. He is constantly ill with something. We'll let him go in the summer.

    • @AgiHammerthief
      @AgiHammerthief 4 дні тому +3

      pigeons are just rats in a wing suit.

  • @lavericklavericklave
    @lavericklavericklave 5 днів тому +52

    i never realised that ravens have a BLDC motor inside their beaks. Learn something new everyday!

  • @NicholasRehm
    @NicholasRehm 6 днів тому +94

    Okay now I need to build one

  • @110Genesis
    @110Genesis 5 днів тому +24

    The jump is hilarious :D

  • @robmann400
    @robmann400 6 днів тому +40

    When time machines are finally invented, scientists could use the RAVEN to transport tropical coconuts back to 10th Century Britain so that all the people could enjoy the convenience of imaginary equestrian mobility.

    • @phillippierce5974
      @phillippierce5974 5 днів тому

      With the way the human species is going, you could transport yourself four years into the future and there you'll be, completely alone.

    • @StaringCompetition
      @StaringCompetition 4 дні тому

      Please someone tell what book they are referencing here 😂

    • @Ducky69247
      @Ducky69247 4 дні тому

      Is it a Swallow? It's literally called RAVEN

    • @jadabella
      @jadabella 3 дні тому

      ​@@StaringCompetition Monty Python's Holy Grail has a classic scene and later callbacks that involve knowing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow (as opposed to one carrying a coconut).
      If you haven't seen it, watch the movie! If you have seen it and this was a joke that flew over my head - d'oh!

    • @bellowphone
      @bellowphone 3 дні тому +2

      @@jadabella "Where'd you get the coconuts?" he demanded indignantly.

  • @arnelilleseter4755
    @arnelilleseter4755 5 днів тому +37

    I love this. Even if it never develops into something for practical use this would be an excelent toy. I'm 50+ and I want one.

    • @Easy-Eight
      @Easy-Eight 5 днів тому +3

      It's scary. I'm former military and this would be a perfect hunter killer drone. Scale it up to the size of a crow. Give it small grenades, ping-pong sized "eggs". Imagine a programed version of this thing hoping or flying around on battlefield. A "case-less" .22 pistol inside the robot would make it perfect for hunting people. BTW, those "eggs" could be programmed to explode in a certain direction. That's a shape charge and can knock a small hole though tanks. I'm not that smart. If I've though of this then it's 100% under development.

    • @GeorgeDoughty-m8e
      @GeorgeDoughty-m8e 5 днів тому +2

      Make one looking like a predator would be a great scarecrow. Farmers would buy them.

    • @李懒人
      @李懒人 3 дні тому

      我也50岁了。跟你一样。我也喜欢这个。想要一个这样的。

    • @kahwigulum
      @kahwigulum День тому

      wait until you have to clean it's cage

  • @unvergebeneid
    @unvergebeneid 6 днів тому +10

    That's the most amazing VTOL technology I've ever seen! :D

    • @seanyfpv
      @seanyfpv 5 днів тому +2

      B-TOL

    • @Ducky69247
      @Ducky69247 4 дні тому

      It's not, but it's still amazing

    • @unvergebeneid
      @unvergebeneid 4 дні тому

      @@Ducky69247 yeah we in the biz call that rhetoric technique "hyperbole". That's with a "Boh Lee" at the end and not a "bowl". Confusing, I know.

    • @Ducky69247
      @Ducky69247 4 дні тому

      @@unvergebeneid I give up, you win whatever argument you were having, because I'm not.

  • @LorenR1962
    @LorenR1962 5 днів тому +5

    First cool thing I’ve seen in a long time.

  • @notoriousbigmoai1125
    @notoriousbigmoai1125 3 дні тому +1

    New Jersey hobbyists are gonna love this very much.

  • @alfredspijkerman
    @alfredspijkerman День тому

    Awesome. VTOL technologies have been developped for years, if not decades. The whole transition process from slow to cruise flight takes a big slice on the battery capacity. So this could help combining fixed foils without the added costs and complexity and increase range of V-hop planes. Freaking awesome.

  • @im_ricebowl
    @im_ricebowl 4 дні тому +1

    I absolutely love the slow mo shots where it just jumps and drops on some net XD looks like it was trying to fly but cartoonishly dropped after realizing it's not moving forward XD

  • @MrGustavier
    @MrGustavier 6 днів тому +9

    Awesome ! What about landing ?

    • @arnelilleseter4755
      @arnelilleseter4755 5 днів тому

      Since they don't show it in the video I'm guessing that is still something they haven't worked out yet.

    • @tubetaz
      @tubetaz 5 днів тому +5

      Imagine you've just shot a flying pigeon.... The landing that results is how these drones will land. 😂🤣

  • @vanditsharma6100
    @vanditsharma6100 2 дні тому

    first video in a while to actually amaze me

  • @GeorgeEgroed-e7f
    @GeorgeEgroed-e7f 3 дні тому

    This is amazing and this is the future i want to see.

  • @choppergirl
    @choppergirl День тому +1

    These are going to be way cooler, when you can fit a human pilot inside

  • @pedro.alcatra
    @pedro.alcatra 6 днів тому +8

    Now think about the plane you are inside just jumps to the air

    • @GregMoress
      @GregMoress 5 днів тому +1

      But first it stomps away from the gate like a T-Rex, and all the passengers not buckled in get tossed around like popcorn. 😆

  • @kenmilne2379
    @kenmilne2379 22 години тому

    Next RC Toy of the future ! 👍👍👍🤘🤘👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

  • @druidofthefang
    @druidofthefang 6 днів тому +3

    So it's like a modern metal gear.
    A plane with legs (metal gear ray, which has legs),
    instead of a plane with wheels (the Shagohod with wheels)
    It can jump like the Metal Gear Ray, it has a tail like the Ray.
    Since it can not hover I would not compare it to a drone, right?

  • @tito9107
    @tito9107 3 дні тому +1

    This is awesome! Where buy?

  • @GeorgeEgroed-e7f
    @GeorgeEgroed-e7f 3 дні тому

    Ok i ll now start studying robotics to recreate this one.
    This is amazing.

  • @tomliu2023
    @tomliu2023 4 дні тому +3

    I would hate to be launched in to the air on a jumping aeroplane ✈️

  • @macmarc6661
    @macmarc6661 6 днів тому +6

    The autotranslated German video title is "FliegenGehenDrohne v4" which makes no sense at all lmao
    - "GoingFlyingDrone v4"

  • @internetvideoenjoyer
    @internetvideoenjoyer 3 дні тому

    This is such a cool idea

  • @deniousp
    @deniousp 5 днів тому +1

    This is very cool, props to the engineers! It would also be very cool if the same people who are planning to use this as spy and war drones would spend some money on helping preserve environments for real birds. At the current rate of bird loss on Earth, these drone-birds may be the only ones our grandkids will see.

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 5 днів тому +1

    It's a very serious attempt, but .... A lovely birdie! Can't help chuckles.
    Takeoff taxing would be a next challenge with a heavier body! Good luck !

  • @yoursfithfully047
    @yoursfithfully047 5 днів тому

    Coming to Switzerland for this !!

  • @welshpete12
    @welshpete12 4 дні тому

    Remarkable technology !

  • @sootymammal2891
    @sootymammal2891 3 дні тому +1

    At that scale, hand or vertical launching a fixed wing drone is pretty easy. Seems like a solution looking for a problem.

    • @MK-lh3xd
      @MK-lh3xd 3 дні тому

      Targetted killing, assassination, ...

  • @Socrate2
    @Socrate2 4 дні тому

    自然に出来ていることがようやく出来るようになってきた、よちよち歩きの人類。

  • @rango_unchained
    @rango_unchained 5 днів тому +1

    Take my money! How soon can it be delivered?

    • @nepheshrecord
      @nepheshrecord 2 дні тому +1

      LOL RIGHT - he said how soon will it be here b? 🤔🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥✨✨ for real - this is dope!

  • @WillieMcphee
    @WillieMcphee 3 дні тому

    I NEED this!! way better than a catapult or bungee launch... SWEET!

  • @intp4124
    @intp4124 4 дні тому

    와 이런식으로 영화에서나 보던 사람을 보조 해주는 로봇도 만들 수 있겠네.
    스마트 기기의 다변화도 만들 수 있을듯. 재밌고 멋진 로봇이네요

  • @bigdwarffrosta7877
    @bigdwarffrosta7877 2 дні тому +1

    Lets see how far they can fly...
    on borrowed wings. - Raven, Armored Core 6

  • @Iv_john_vI
    @Iv_john_vI 4 дні тому

    Looks cool. I guess it was also fun to work on this.

  • @ernie5229
    @ernie5229 4 дні тому +10

    This will scale nicely for commercial air travel. I can just see the thin, lightweight legs launching a 9,000,000-pound jumbo jet without the need for a runway. Nice job!

  • @GG-si7fw
    @GG-si7fw 4 дні тому

    It would be amazing to see this on the moon and Mars

    • @homieboi5352
      @homieboi5352 4 дні тому

      Maybe Mars, but there’s no atmosphere on the moon lol

  • @Johnny6ex
    @Johnny6ex 4 дні тому

    I love the propeller they dont go chrping but the sound propeller does

  • @JMPDev
    @JMPDev 4 дні тому +2

    I wish at least one launch had been shown in real time and not slow motion…

  • @RomanZerstoren
    @RomanZerstoren День тому

    Finally it starts flying using its engines

  • @d4rkd0s
    @d4rkd0s 5 днів тому

    Neat robot! I'm still a fan of birds though, they provide the circle of life, and allow us to exist.

  • @PLGuerra
    @PLGuerra 5 днів тому

    Well done! 👌🔥

  • @bobchuseby
    @bobchuseby 22 години тому

    Could pave the way, but it's probably a lot more moving parts / potential points of failure. Still very cool.

  • @Dev1nci
    @Dev1nci 3 дні тому

    My name’s Devin:
    Definitely
    Energised
    Viewing this really interesting
    INvention

  • @GeorgeEgroed-e7f
    @GeorgeEgroed-e7f 3 дні тому

    Reverse engeeneering this is a great reasone to start studying robotics

  • @etgha
    @etgha День тому

    They really wanted the "R.A.V.E.N" acronym to fit

  • @QuickStrikes84
    @QuickStrikes84 3 дні тому

    I think quad-launching like pterosaurs and vampire bats are the way to go for winged drones. 😎

  • @joshuarayfield7594
    @joshuarayfield7594 2 дні тому

    Horizon looking real Non-fiction right about now.

  • @DanBurgaud
    @DanBurgaud 4 дні тому

    AWESOME!

  • @IdeastoExecution
    @IdeastoExecution 2 дні тому

    This kind of obsession which I need!

  • @mrslake7096
    @mrslake7096 3 дні тому

    can't wait for a giant passenger plain to leap into the air with legs

  • @joedog86
    @joedog86 4 дні тому

    I’m just picturing a full-size passenger plane with giant bird legs hopping into the air and flying away 😂

  • @HumbertoOriginal
    @HumbertoOriginal 4 дні тому

    Now make one in the size of an airplane, traveling is going to get crazy

  • @GeorgeEgroed-e7f
    @GeorgeEgroed-e7f 3 дні тому

    Will those be comercially awalible soon?
    Are RAVENs blueprints released?
    Where can i find them?
    May they release them?

  • @STOLSPEED
    @STOLSPEED 5 днів тому

    I've done a lot of flying in STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) ultralights, and long dreamt of building an aircraft that could leap into the air just like this. Old age caught up before I could work on it.....

  • @bdg77
    @bdg77 5 днів тому

    Very cool!

  • @Npdias
    @Npdias 6 днів тому +25

    Birds are drones before GTA 6

  • @shurmurray
    @shurmurray День тому

    Not convinced. Brushless electric motors are insanely powerful - this contraption can easily take off without any legs. It only needs some room to spun up the prop and some initial pitch angle.

  • @footfault1941
    @footfault1941 2 дні тому

    Only if it could perch on twig! Ok, takeoff, one of the most difficult, laborious phase cleared, safe landing is the next challenge! Walk better than penguins. Talking of penguins, I wish scientists could demonstrate a penguin-mimic robot UNDER water some day!

  • @alessandromoselt6485
    @alessandromoselt6485 4 дні тому

    Looking forward to my plane jumping off instead of using a runway lol. All jokes aside this is truly incredible!

  • @Iowa599
    @Iowa599 5 днів тому

    I can't wait until commercial aircraft get legs! Imagine, a 747 with legs!

  • @eestaashottentotti2242
    @eestaashottentotti2242 4 дні тому

    Now modify feet to have flippers and claws and ability to retrack wing and waterproof. Swim, dive, climb and crashlandings.

  • @car2061
    @car2061 5 днів тому

    축하드립니다!!

  •  6 днів тому

    Thanks for sharing.

  • @paulsotheron710
    @paulsotheron710 5 днів тому

    Amazing.

  • @JCAtkeson3
    @JCAtkeson3 5 днів тому

    Imagine being in the jungle with a broken leg and the medevac plane hops off with you like a pigeon.

  • @jackc1196
    @jackc1196 4 дні тому

    Cool!

  • @Lostcause202
    @Lostcause202 4 дні тому

    Flying drones, Robot dog, robot bird, robot insects, and humanoid robots …. Are we closer to the mega man world than we thought ? Battle network, robot master, and ai…

  • @nefcodes
    @nefcodes 5 днів тому

    so how are you gonna land it?

  • @rezah336
    @rezah336 4 дні тому

    they could acieve the same functionality with a much simpler and robust design, just some wheels to drive around and some spring system to make it jump

  • @AnthonyAllenJr
    @AnthonyAllenJr 3 дні тому

    So... we're saying a Boeing sized version of this jumping to take off instead of using a runway? That's a heck of a jump. 😅

  • @audreyholmes9751
    @audreyholmes9751 2 дні тому

    Now combine Raven and the seagull ornithopter

  • @BharathwajK
    @BharathwajK 5 днів тому

    This type of tech is my dream ya ,wow you are doing good

  • @jchoward6451
    @jchoward6451 День тому

    I wonder if an AT-AT could do that kind of hop?

  • @NutsandGuts
    @NutsandGuts 4 дні тому

    Looks like a Disney side character

  • @mikebaker2436
    @mikebaker2436 4 дні тому

    Now I have an Axis of Awesome song stuck in my head. 😅

  • @K24knightryder
    @K24knightryder 3 дні тому

    no wonder why people think birds aren't real.

  • @joelikespotatoes8321
    @joelikespotatoes8321 5 днів тому

    Does anyone else think it's kinda cute?

  • @elrerex255
    @elrerex255 3 дні тому

    Maybe precising where it was designed could be polite. EPFL is an ingeneering school in Lausanne, Switzerland.

  • @FloofyTanker
    @FloofyTanker 5 днів тому +1

    Alright now add an ornithopter instead of a fixed wing

  • @ntheory
    @ntheory 5 днів тому

    Why don't they let it outside? Are they afraid it will fly away?

  • @kairysisKrantas
    @kairysisKrantas 4 дні тому

    Imagine your airplane instead of riding is walking towards takeoff location.

  • @jryde421
    @jryde421 5 днів тому

    "I fuckin knew maaaan"-him

  • @HDDRecovery
    @HDDRecovery 3 дні тому

    So the aircraft from the Flintstones have been finally realised

  • @RosiferBJJ
    @RosiferBJJ 5 днів тому

    In the 70/80s we could buy such "Birds" build from plastic and mechanic wings. They looked like doves and the movement of their wings were like bird. At the tail was a crank for twisting a Rubber band. Does anybody know what I am talking about?

  • @phillippierce5974
    @phillippierce5974 5 днів тому

    Did you notice that it never flapped its wings?

    • @Ducky69247
      @Ducky69247 4 дні тому

      Maybe the literal mention of the wings being fixed has something to do with that

  • @ValuedTeamMember
    @ValuedTeamMember 5 днів тому +1

    I watched this amazing video and then started raven to everyone I knew about it... Just saying

  • @manurapeiris5871
    @manurapeiris5871 3 дні тому

    how about making an actual plain like this?

  • @freshorangina
    @freshorangina 5 днів тому +1

    Pigeon Unions, now is the time to act!!

  • @roderickrayrutledge2740
    @roderickrayrutledge2740 День тому

    This thing needs some feathers...

  • @nepheshrecord
    @nepheshrecord 2 дні тому

    Im sold

  • @jafors7
    @jafors7 5 днів тому

    @MikePatey if you truly want to fully leverage your skills in maths physics and engineering to captivate and inspire our kids, harnessing your personal passion for bush planes… here is your proof of concept. If you chose to open source, you would enable teams of the brightest and best that admire your grind and hustle to walk the path with you. I have no doubt that your plans for Draco2 are wild… but I mean… Father Time is undefeated and you can’t flick spanners forever. My sincere hope is you read this and deeply ponder. Big love from Australia!

    • @StaringCompetition
      @StaringCompetition 4 дні тому

      Was your prompt to write intriguing bait for a scam or nearly indecipherable ripostes

    • @jafors7
      @jafors7 3 дні тому

      I respect your healthy cynicism and thirst for knowledge, and thank you for your slightly back handed compliments :)

  • @rkargus
    @rkargus 4 дні тому

    This is a pretty big deal, it hadn't dawned on me. Bird legs are takeoff assistance

  • @Easy-Eight
    @Easy-Eight 5 днів тому +2

    Gads what an efficient drone. Take the basic concept, scale it up to something like a crow in size, and imagine its "egg" being a hand grenade. The bloody thing could fly to a combat area, hop around on the ground, and then deposit a bomb. This is a very scary robot and hunter killer.

  • @georgelewis8831
    @georgelewis8831 2 дні тому

    Cool but I was expecting it to flap its wings

  • @BenDespain
    @BenDespain 4 дні тому

    neat!

  • @t1gerz1lla
    @t1gerz1lla 6 днів тому

    wow amazing

  • @LoserHouse
    @LoserHouse 5 днів тому

    any sauce?