Watch this bird-inspired robotic drone leap into the air

[@hoodedferret]

Birds are just never going to beat the allegations at this rate

[@dsdy1205]

The government drone people are gonna love this

[@UltimateEntity]

"I knew it"

[@Earth_Rim_Roamer]

CIA already had similar stuff. Check out the Insectothopter from the 1970s. Who knows what they have now.

[@cosmicbricks3339]

@@Earth_Rim_Roameryeah and it was a flop remember

[@Infarlock]

hahaha I thought about that too

[@charlesthomas7372]

They are revealing the early stages of an old and already improved technology.

[@fablewalls]

Can't help thinking that someone is going to build a cat drone to catch these bird drones...

[@Simongravitrax]

Literally a murder drone

[@7xyn]

@@Simongravitrax ...

[@nathanielsantana403]

A hawk drone

[@kristine8338]

What a comment 😂🤣😅

[@user-qw9yf6zs9t]

they should build a hawk, too

[@psykoj]

I'm waiting for this to be added to commercial airlines. "This is your pilot speaking, fasten your seatbelts and prepare for hop off"

[@Afrotechmods]

Yet more proof that pigeons aren't real.

[@mark261166]

You never see baby Pigeons..........

[@akiraak2247]

wait, are you still alive?

[@JoshuaRando]

It's Afrotechmods!

[@SERG__ZV]

@@mark261166 3 months ago, we picked up a baby pigeon. He still lives with us. He is constantly ill with something. We'll let him go in the summer.

[@AgiHammerthief]

pigeons are just rats in a wing suit.

[@lavericklavericklave]

i never realised that ravens have a BLDC motor inside their beaks. Learn something new everyday!

[@NicholasRehm]

Okay now I need to build one

[@IndraKurniawan-vk2qb]

I didnt expect to see you here. YES we need more DRehm FC !

[@Yellow_bud]

Do it do it do it >:]

[@ninjalemon_Squash]

Hola

[@NickMcCarthy-z9d]

New VTOL delivery platform?

[@NicholasRehm]

@@NickMcCarthy-z9d very good for delivering worms & breadcrumbs

[@arnelilleseter4755]

I love this. Even if it never develops into something for practical use this would be an excelent toy. I'm 50+ and I want one.

[@Easy-Eight]

It's scary. I'm former military and this would be a perfect hunter killer drone. Scale it up to the size of a crow. Give it small grenades, ping-pong sized "eggs". Imagine a programed version of this thing hoping or flying around on battlefield. A "case-less" .22 pistol inside the robot would make it perfect for hunting people. BTW, those "eggs" could be programmed to explode in a certain direction. That's a shape charge and can knock a small hole though tanks. I'm not that smart. If I've though of this then it's 100% under development.

[@GeorgeDoughty-m8e]

Make one looking like a predator would be a great scarecrow. Farmers would buy them.

[@李懒人]

我也50岁了。跟你一样。我也喜欢这个。想要一个这样的。

[@kahwigulum]

wait until you have to clean it's cage

[@alexandrugajin763]

@@Easy-Eight Quadcopters already do that in ukraine, even more efficient than this fancy drone in the video. I am RC enthusiast and when i've seen quadquapters starting to become popular, said to myself there won't be long untill these devices will be used for filming, then filming drones were on the market, then i said to myself, if these things start to become weapons the world would be a scary place. Just look on youtube what some of the RC quadcopter race drivers can do with these drones. These drones are very fast, can land almost anywhere and clear a building in no time. An experienced Race RC pilot with 2 meters drone armed with a machine gun on it can cause hell on a battle field. Luckly the army pilots are no were near that kind of skill flying these things, and let's hope they will never be. Once AI is developed enough to control these drones just like a human. With enough money a single man can fight an entire country and win within days.

[@110Genesis]

The jump is hilarious :D

[@robmann400]

When time machines are finally invented, scientists could use the RAVEN to transport tropical coconuts back to 10th Century Britain so that all the people could enjoy the convenience of imaginary equestrian mobility.

[@phillippierce5974]

With the way the human species is going, you could transport yourself four years into the future and there you'll be, completely alone.

[@StaringCompetition]

Please someone tell what book they are referencing here 😂

[@Ducky69247]

Is it a Swallow? It's literally called RAVEN

[@jadabella]

​@@StaringCompetition Monty Python's Holy Grail has a classic scene and later callbacks that involve knowing the airspeed velocity of an unladen swallow (as opposed to one carrying a coconut). If you haven't seen it, watch the movie! If you have seen it and this was a joke that flew over my head - d'oh!

[@bellowphone]

@@jadabella "Where'd you get the coconuts?" he demanded indignantly.

[@unvergebeneid]

That's the most amazing VTOL technology I've ever seen! :D

[@seanyfpv]

B-TOL

[@Ducky69247]

It's not, but it's still amazing

[@unvergebeneid]

@@Ducky69247 yeah we in the biz call that rhetoric technique "hyperbole". That's with a "Boh Lee" at the end and not a "bowl". Confusing, I know.

[@Ducky69247]

@@unvergebeneid I give up, you win whatever argument you were having, because I'm not.

[@im_ricebowl]

I absolutely love the slow mo shots where it just jumps and drops on some net XD looks like it was trying to fly but cartoonishly dropped after realizing it's not moving forward XD

[@LorenR1962]

First cool thing I’ve seen in a long time.

[@Ducky69247]

Congratulations..?

[@MrGustavier]

Awesome ! What about landing ?

[@arnelilleseter4755]

Since they don't show it in the video I'm guessing that is still something they haven't worked out yet.

[@tubetaz]

Imagine you've just shot a flying pigeon.... The landing that results is how these drones will land. 😂🤣

[@notoriousbigmoai1125]

New Jersey hobbyists are gonna love this very much.

[@alfredspijkerman]

Awesome. VTOL technologies have been developped for years, if not decades. The whole transition process from slow to cruise flight takes a big slice on the battery capacity. So this could help combining fixed foils without the added costs and complexity and increase range of V-hop planes. Freaking awesome.

[@vanditsharma6100]

first video in a while to actually amaze me

[@GeorgeEgroed-e7f]

Ok i ll now start studying robotics to recreate this one. This is amazing.

[@ernie5229]

This will scale nicely for commercial air travel. I can just see the thin, lightweight legs launching a 9,000,000-pound jumbo jet without the need for a runway. Nice job!

[@tito9107]

This is awesome! Where buy?

[@pedro.alcatra]

Now think about the plane you are inside just jumps to the air

[@GregMoress]

But first it stomps away from the gate like a T-Rex, and all the passengers not buckled in get tossed around like popcorn. 😆

[@thaidenthach9806]

Military Industrial complex: " Ok, Now what's the biggest size explosive can we put on it? "

[@GeorgeEgroed-e7f]

This is amazing and this is the future i want to see.

[@druidofthefang]

So it's like a modern metal gear. A plane with legs (metal gear ray, which has legs), instead of a plane with wheels (the Shagohod with wheels) It can jump like the Metal Gear Ray, it has a tail like the Ray. Since it can not hover I would not compare it to a drone, right?

[@homieboi5352]

Micro Gear Ray lol

[@deniousp]

This is very cool, props to the engineers! It would also be very cool if the same people who are planning to use this as spy and war drones would spend some money on helping preserve environments for real birds. At the current rate of bird loss on Earth, these drone-birds may be the only ones our grandkids will see.

[@MarilenFloria-u6u]

"Its a bird" It's a plane" "It's bird-enspired robotic drone"

[@kenmilne2379]

Next RC Toy of the future ! 👍👍👍🤘🤘👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️

[@GeorgeEgroed-e7f]

Reverse engeeneering this is a great reasone to start studying robotics

[@sootymammal2891]

At that scale, hand or vertical launching a fixed wing drone is pretty easy. Seems like a solution looking for a problem.

[@MK-lh3xd]

Targetted killing, assassination, ...

[@rango_unchained]

Take my money! How soon can it be delivered?

[@nepheshrecord]

LOL RIGHT - he said how soon will it be here b? 🤔🤣🤣🤣🔥🔥🔥🔥✨✨ for real - this is dope!

[@yoursfithfully047]

Coming to Switzerland for this !!

[@footfault1941]

It's a very serious attempt, but .... A lovely birdie! Can't help chuckles. Takeoff taxing would be a next challenge with a heavier body! Good luck !

[@mrslake7096]

can't wait for a giant passenger plain to leap into the air with legs

[@macmarc6661]

The autotranslated German video title is "FliegenGehenDrohne v4" which makes no sense at all lmao - "GoingFlyingDrone v4"

[@choppergirl]

These are going to be way cooler, when you can fit a human pilot inside

[@JohnHaveaguessGoogle]

Yeah...they have to scale this up.

[@d4rkd0s]

Neat robot! I'm still a fan of birds though, they provide the circle of life, and allow us to exist.

[@bobchuseby]

Could pave the way, but it's probably a lot more moving parts / potential points of failure. Still very cool.

[@intp4124]

와 이런식으로 영화에서나 보던 사람을 보조 해주는 로봇도 만들 수 있겠네. 스마트 기기의 다변화도 만들 수 있을듯. 재밌고 멋진 로봇이네요

[@Dev1nci]

My name’s Devin: Definitely Energised Viewing this really interesting INvention

[@Iv_john_vI]

Looks cool. I guess it was also fun to work on this.

[@internetvideoenjoyer]

This is such a cool idea

[@GG-si7fw]

It would be amazing to see this on the moon and Mars

[@homieboi5352]

Maybe Mars, but there’s no atmosphere on the moon lol

[@joedog86]

I’m just picturing a full-size passenger plane with giant bird legs hopping into the air and flying away 😂

[@joshuarayfield7594]

Horizon looking real Non-fiction right about now.

[@STOLSPEED]

I've done a lot of flying in STOL (Short Take-Off and Landing) ultralights, and long dreamt of building an aircraft that could leap into the air just like this. Old age caught up before I could work on it.....

[@Npdias]

Birds are drones before GTA 6

[@WillieMcphee]

I NEED this!! way better than a catapult or bungee launch... SWEET!

[@Socrate2]

自然に出来ていることがようやく出来るようになってきた、よちよち歩きの人類。

[@RomanZerstoren]

Finally it starts flying using its engines

[@etgha]

They really wanted the "R.A.V.E.N" acronym to fit

[@JMPDev]

I wish at least one launch had been shown in real time and not slow motion…

[@tomliu2023]

I would hate to be launched in to the air on a jumping aeroplane ✈️

[@masterjunk9227]

You know? This sort of gives me some ideas of creating a post-human world featuring these lil’ fellas as the, “Birds” that gather energy by following the sun, and some get to be as big as Albatrosses. Lots of different variations, shapes, functionalities… That sort of thing. It’s honestly super cute in its own way, thinking about these lil’ bionic chicks clumsily learning how to get the thrust vectors and engine speeds right for flight.

[@Johnny6ex]

I love the propeller they dont go chrping but the sound propeller does

[@bigdwarffrosta7877]

Lets see how far they can fly... on borrowed wings. - Raven, Armored Core 6

[@eestaashottentotti2242]

Now modify feet to have flippers and claws and ability to retrack wing and waterproof. Swim, dive, climb and crashlandings.

[@welshpete12]

Remarkable technology !

[@mithunreddy.p]

where do i get proper understnding of the raven

[@IdeastoExecution]

This kind of obsession which I need!

[@PLGuerra]

Well done! 👌🔥

[@jeramizzle666]

I told you birds weren’t real! 🖤🖤🖤

[@HumbertoOriginal]

Now make one in the size of an airplane, traveling is going to get crazy

[@QuickStrikes84]

I think quad-launching like pterosaurs and vampire bats are the way to go for winged drones. 😎

[@Chewligan1]

Slo Mo is very good but doesn't show actual speed of take off. Normal speed please.

[@alessandromoselt6485]

Looking forward to my plane jumping off instead of using a runway lol. All jokes aside this is truly incredible!

[@jendabekCZ]

Wouldn't be legs with wheels even more suitable for an airplane? So it could walk but also achieve higher airborne speeds on flat surfaces.

[@jafors7]

@MikePatey if you truly want to fully leverage your skills in maths physics and engineering to captivate and inspire our kids, harnessing your personal passion for bush planes… here is your proof of concept. If you chose to open source, you would enable teams of the brightest and best that admire your grind and hustle to walk the path with you. I have no doubt that your plans for Draco2 are wild… but I mean… Father Time is undefeated and you can’t flick spanners forever. My sincere hope is you read this and deeply ponder. Big love from Australia!

[@StaringCompetition]

Was your prompt to write intriguing bait for a scam or nearly indecipherable ripostes

[@jafors7]

I respect your healthy cynicism and thirst for knowledge, and thank you for your slightly back handed compliments :)

[@rezah336]

they could acieve the same functionality with a much simpler and robust design, just some wheels to drive around and some spring system to make it jump

[@shurmurray]

Not convinced. Brushless electric motors are insanely powerful - this contraption can easily take off without any legs. It only needs some room to spun up the prop and some initial pitch angle.

[@ValuedTeamMember]

I watched this amazing video and then started raven to everyone I knew about it... Just saying

[@JCAtkeson3]

Imagine being in the jungle with a broken leg and the medevac plane hops off with you like a pigeon.

[@kairysisKrantas]

Imagine your airplane instead of riding is walking towards takeoff location.

[@elrerex255]

Maybe precising where it was designed could be polite. EPFL is an ingeneering school in Lausanne, Switzerland.

[@nefcodes]

so how are you gonna land it?

[@footfault1941]

Only if it could perch on twig! Ok, takeoff, one of the most difficult, laborious phase cleared, safe landing is the next challenge! Walk better than penguins. Talking of penguins, I wish scientists could demonstrate a penguin-mimic robot UNDER water some day!

[@Iowa599]

I can't wait until commercial aircraft get legs! Imagine, a 747 with legs!

[@JasonBlack66]

yeah? Lemme know when it can land :)

[@bdg77]

Very cool!

[@DanBurgaud]

AWESOME!

[@BharathwajK]

This type of tech is my dream ya ,wow you are doing good

[@GeorgeEgroed-e7f]

Will those be comercially awalible soon? Are RAVENs blueprints released? Where can i find them? May they release them?

[@Lostcause202]

Flying drones, Robot dog, robot bird, robot insects, and humanoid robots …. Are we closer to the mega man world than we thought ? Battle network, robot master, and ai…

[@hamzaterzi8801]

1:15 Also, the propellers make a lot of noise. It would be great if it could fly as silently as an owl. They can be weaponized more effectively than FPV drones.

[@SlashHarkenUltra]

Silent as an owl flight might be impossible with standard tech since a small propeller has to move so much more than an owl's wings for a craft to stay airborne. But that would be a nice innovation.

[@cosmoBUZ]

Yay let's weaponize this! Hooray for the future

[@jwnomad]

With this fixed wing design you can at least do a silent glide on approach to target

[@PWR721]

So me people forget about should and only think about could.

[@hamzaterzi8801]

@@PWR721 Don't be naive, bro. Even the computer was developed to decrypt German messages in WW2.

Thanks for sharing.

[@prathambhatnagar8653]

I don't know why, but I can't stop laughing-it's cool though.

[@mikebaker2436]

Now I have an Axis of Awesome song stuck in my head. 😅

[@ntheory]

Why don't they let it outside? Are they afraid it will fly away?

[@StaringCompetition]

They don’t want it to catch a ‘flu

[@RosiferBJJ]

In the 70/80s we could buy such "Birds" build from plastic and mechanic wings. They looked like doves and the movement of their wings were like bird. At the tail was a crank for twisting a Rubber band. Does anybody know what I am talking about?

[@ninjalemon_Squash]

ornithopter

[@HDDRecovery]

So the aircraft from the Flintstones have been finally realised

[@car2061]

축하드립니다!!

[@audreyholmes9751]

Now combine Raven and the seagull ornithopter

[@freshorangina]

Pigeon Unions, now is the time to act!!

[@brazenh2836]

OK so it can launch from its feet but can it land on them🤔🤔...

[@NutsandGuts]

Looks like a Disney side character

[@Easy-Eight]

Gads what an efficient drone. Take the basic concept, scale it up to something like a crow in size, and imagine its "egg" being a hand grenade. The bloody thing could fly to a combat area, hop around on the ground, and then deposit a bomb. This is a very scary robot and hunter killer.

[@paulsotheron710]

Amazing.

[@Void_xplorer]

Yooooo how do we get one?

[@joelikespotatoes8321]

Does anyone else think it's kinda cute?

[@LukasFilms]

This model is already 25 years old. Show us the modern ones that the cia uses

[@jchoward6451]

I wonder if an AT-AT could do that kind of hop?