Bird strikes represent one of the most acute dangers to aircraft, but one European airport believes it has a solution – a robotic falcon. ‘Robird’ – which is propelled by flapping wings - will take to ...

It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a… mechanical falcon?! Next February a life-like, robotic bird called the Robird will make its maiden flight above Weeze Airport near the Dutch border in Germany.

The RoBird™ Fixed-Wing expands AERIUM’s mission of safe and effective wildlife management. Inspired by the natural flight of peregrine falcons (Just as the RoBird™ Flapping-Wing does). This model ...

For three months last summer, a flying, flapping robot protected Edmonton International Airport, Alberta, from avian trespass. The Robird, a falcon-size unmanned aircraft, is a scarecrow for the ...