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How to build better drones? Learn from birds
Researchers have studied birds in flight for years, with an eye toward applying the tricks they use to navigate changing conditions in the real world to design better aerial robots.
Bjorn Carey is the Deputy Director of Science Communications and Special Projects at Stanford University
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