The “PidgeonBot” was created by Stanford researchers by dissecting the biomechanics of the avian morphing mechanism. Through analyzing the skeletal motion of birds, researchers were able to determine that only the emulation of the wrist and finger motion were needed to actuate all 20 primary and 20 secondary flight feathers. This led to the discovery that feathers moved via a simple automatic response to skeletal movement. This a great example of bio-observation to create a simple mechanism that was otherwise thought to be extremely complex.
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