How can robots land like birds? Date: August 6, 2019 Source: Stanford University Summary: Birds can perch on a wide variety of surfaces, thick or thin, rough or slick.

On perches that were hardest to grasp—the floss-silk wood, Teflon, and large birch—the birds curled their claws more, dragging them along the perch surface until they had secure footing.

A new robot from Stanford can land smoothly anywhere thanks to bird-like features such as claws, toe pads, curving feet, and bending legs.

A bird robot with falcon-like legs that allows it to land on perches perfectly. William Roderick, a recently graduated Stanford University Ph.D. student, led the bird-bot construction effort.

Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne. (2022, December 19). New winged robot can land like a bird. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2022 / 12 ...

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