Using a custom-made silicon skin and articulated morphing wings, Soon-Jo Chung and researchers from UIUC created Bat Bot (B2), an autonomous flying robot that mimics the flight characteristics of real bats.

Feb 1, 2017 · A team of scientists has just built the first robot that looks and flies like a bat. They named it, of course, Bat Bot. Bat Bot is nothing short of an engineering marvel.

Sep 23, 2024 · Enter Aerobat, a small, autonomous robot with the wings of a bat that can hover in tight spaces –– and unlock entirely new ways of exploring our world in the process.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Caltech have developed a self-contained robotic bat—dubbed Bat Bot (B2)—with soft, articulated wings that can mimic the key flight mechanisms of biological bats.

Feb 1, 2017 · A beautifully designed robot bat will be capable of robust acrobatics that quadrotors can't match

Feb 1, 2017 · Mechanical masterminds have spawned the Bat Bot, a soaring, sweeping and diving robot that may eventually fly circles around other drones.

Feb 3, 2017 · Robotics experts at Caltech and the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign have created a robot that mimics the flight patterns of bats, including swerving and diving.

Developing a biologically inspired bat robot would yield insight into how bats control their body attitude and position through the complex interaction of nonlinear forces (e.g., aerodynamic) and their intricate musculoskeletal mechanism.

Abstract: Inspired by the agility, high efficiency, and low noise of bat flight, we propose the design of an unoccupied aerial vehicle (UAV) that can mimic the flight behaviors of bats.

Sep 24, 2024 · ECE Associate Professor Alireza Ramezani developed a bat-inspired robot called Aerobat that can navigate tight spaces, opening up new possibilities for exploration and inspection in confined environments.