winged drone Bounce: VIDEO

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To recover folding wing drones of collisions in the air

26 March 2015 Last updated at 11:55 GMT

US scientists have created a drone with flapping wings, folded and bounce to can recover from collisions in flight.

By studying and copying the wings of birds and bats researchers at Stanford University have could enable a mechanism that future flying robots created squeeze between obstacles and recover from the effects.

The wings are based on the construction of birds and bats to fold their wings close to his body.

In this video in slow motion, you can see a demonstration of paragliders border and to recover when beaten in the air with a stick.

Video courtesy of Amanda and David Stowers Lentink

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