What if urban air taxis could, like birds, vary the configuration of their wings in flight? The answer to such questions ...

In modern research and development contexts, aerial robotics are expanding beyond their hobbyist origins. A forthcoming ...

When the Wright brothers accomplished their first powered flight more than a century ago, they controlled the motion of their Flyer 1 aircraft using wires and pulleys that bent and twisted the ...

NASA and MIT just unveiled a new “morphing” aircraft wing that could revolutionize aviation. The flexible wing designed by NASA’s MADCAT team could be used to create super-efficient planes that use ...

Airplane designers have long admired how birds reshape their wings for soaring, diving, and maneuvering. Now, a prototype aircraft wing has demonstrated in its first flight tests that its morphing ...

MIT and NASA researchers have developed a morphing airplane wing that goes back to the future: The entire wing bends and twists, much as the Wright brothers' Flyer 1 did more than a century ago.

A new type of composite wing that can change its shape according to flight conditions has been made from a lattice of small, lightweight components. This morphing ability could allow for more ...

Engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented flight agility. Engineers have developed a drone with a feathered wing and tail that give it unprecedented ...

Researchers have invented a new super agile robot that can cleverly change shape thanks to amorphous characteristics akin to the popular Marvel anti-hero Venom. The unique soft morphing creation, ...

A swift adapts the shape of its wings to the immediate task at hand: folding them back to chase insects, or stretching them out to sleep in flight. Scientists have shown how 'wing morphing' makes ...