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This is great. About ~6 years ago there was a story on HN from MIT titled "Self-flying drone dips, darts and dives through trees at 30 mph"[0]. It was a fixed wing drone, rather cautiously flying near a few trees. At the time my comment was:

> I guess I was expecting something more like this goshawk flying through a forest, but maybe it's too much to ask for :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM&start=100

Now 6 years later, the drone seems almost on par with the capabilities of the goshawk. Pretty amazing!

[0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10495966

I guess I was expecting something more like this goshawk flying through a forest, but maybe it's too much to ask for :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM&start=100

⬐ keville

Nice link. Makes you wonder what biomimicry might bring to drones in a couple of generations. Maybe in addition to a set of propeller motors, you could have a couple of servos running small deployable "fan-like fins" (or is that fin-like fans?) for fast maneuvering where just changing prop speed won't quite cut it.

⬐ nkurz

Kiwi birds too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdUUx5FdySs

(Caution: On topic, but saddest short animation ever made)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-_RHRAzUHM

Enjoy!

⬐ agumonkey

The forest flight was amazing. Haa nature.

ps: I wish they uploaded a 720p video of it. a slow-mo camera would have been nice too.

⬐ maxerickson

The Kottke via link also has a link to a Perigrine Falcon hunting a duck:

http://kottke.org/13/05/peregrine-falcon-killing-a-duck-in-m...

or

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W6lD7re2Po

The camera mounting makes it a little tiresome to watch but doesn't really make it less interesting.

⬐ None

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