Inspired by the flight of a dragonfly, robotics company Festo has unveiled the BionicOpter, a flying robot model capable of more flight conditions than a plane, glider and helicopter all together. As ...
Not only have dragonflies have been around for 300 million years, but there are about 7,000 species, and they can flap their wings at a rate of about 40 Hz. It's said that the prehistoric ancestors of ...