Bionic Learning Network The Evolution of Flying Air_ray (2007) The Air_ray is Festo’s first flying object with beating wings. The active torsion of the wing enables an efficient and easily controllable movement of the hovering object filled with helium. – Wingspan: 4200 mm – Weight: 1600 g SmartBird (2011) In the case of the SmartBird, the active torsion tested in the Air_ray meets extremely lightweight construction. For the first time, the flying object manages to take off like a bird, only with beating wings and without the support of helium. – Wingspan: 2000 mm – Weight: 450 g BionicOpter (2013) Similar to a real dragonfly, the BionicOpter can carry out all flight maneuvers. With nine degrees of freedom, the wings can be individually moved for this purpose. – Wingspan: 630 mm – Weight: 175 g The dream of flying is one of the oldest known to humankind. In this respect, we have always looked at the animal world with fascination – a world that shows how it is done in all sorts of ways. In the Bionic Learning Network too, flying is always a recurring theme. For over 15 years, we have been developing research platforms whose basic technical principles are derived from nature. eMotionButterflies (2015) The eMotionButterflies are our lightest flying objects with a very slow beating wing frequency. Several objects can fly autonomously using infrared camera localization. – Wingspan: 500 mm – Weight: 32 g AirPenguin (2009) Thanks to its new wingbeat principle with adjustable wing spar, the AirPenguin can fly both forward and backward and rotate on the spot. – Wingspan: 2480 mm – Weight: 960 g
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