Hummingbird Robot Bird can Flutter His Wings Until 30 Times per Second

Humming bird robot

Japanese researchers have developed a robotic bird that can move freely in the air with rapid wing movement. This robot bird has a size similar to a real bird Hummingbird, equipped with micro motors and four wings that can fluttered until 30 times per second, said Hiroshi Liu, a researcher at the University of Chiba east of Tokyo.

This unique robot has a weight of 2.6 gram and it can fly 8 times more stable than a helicopter with propeller. This bird robot is controlled by infrared sensors and can move up, down, right or left.
Hiroshi Liu has strategy to make the hummingbird robot flied in the air and featured it with a micro camera in March 2011.

 

The development of this robot cost to 200 million yen or $2.1 million. This hummingbird robot can be used to help in rescuing people who are trapped in the damaged building, searching for criminals, or even operating as a vehicle probe in Mars.