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forgotten my password   New Scientist TV:  Robot bird soars
through the sky  Catherine de Lange, reporter  You could be
forgiven for thinking the bird in this video is real, especially
when filmed from a distance. But it's actually an energy-
efficient robot, weighing just 500 grams, that captures the
elegance of a bird in flight.  The robot, aptly named SmartBird,
has just been unveiled by Festo, the robotics company known for
its bionic animal designs. It has previously created penguins
that can communicate with each other to avoid collisions and a
robotic elephant's trunk designed to grip objects and safely
interact with humans.    The technology could be used to design
"stroke wing generators" - devices that produce energy from
water.  If you liked this video, you might also like to watch a
bio-inspired robotic fish.  Facebook iconDigg iconDelicious
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