{"id":193507,"date":"2024-07-25T04:24:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:24:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/this-drone-has-legs-watch-a-flying-robot-perch-on-branches-catch-a-tennis-ball-in-mid-air"},"modified":"2024-07-25T04:24:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T09:24:12","slug":"this-drone-has-legs-watch-a-flying-robot-perch-on-branches-catch-a-tennis-ball-in-mid-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2024\/07\/this-drone-has-legs-watch-a-flying-robot-perch-on-branches-catch-a-tennis-ball-in-mid-air","title":{"rendered":"This drone has legs: Watch a flying robot perch on branches, catch a tennis ball in mid-air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TF-OthkH844?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Wings aren\u2019t the only things that make birds so successful. If it weren\u2019t for their feet, how would pelicans skimming the tips of waves be able to suddenly land on a pier piling, or owls grab a mouse at 64 kilometers per hour without missing a beat? Robot birds must be able to do the same\u2014something that has been a challenge, until now.<\/p>\n<p>In a new study, researchers analyzed the anatomy and behavior of a tiny American parrot called a parrotlet and peregrine falcons, two species known for their expert footwork. They then designed \u201cSNAG\u201d (Stereotyped Nature-Inspired Aerial Grasper) \u2014 a pair of jointed legs attached to feet with jointed talons that automatically close around any object they encounter, be it a dowel, branch, or tennis ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wings aren\u2019t the only things that make birds so successful. If it weren\u2019t for their feet, how would pelicans skimming the tips of waves be able to suddenly land on a pier piling, or owls grab a mouse at 64 kilometers per hour without missing a beat? Robot birds must be able to do the [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":513,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1488,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drones","category-robotics-ai"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/513"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}