The dragonfly is quite the show off when it comes to flying. It can hover in mid-air, maneuver in all directions, and glide without so much as a beat of its wings. After succeeding in capturing the ...

(Phys.org) —German technology company Festo has unveiled the BionicOpter, a fully functional robotic dragonfly. It can fly forwards, backwards, hover and even fly sideways—just like a real dragonfly.

Festo, a German tech company has showcased its fully functional robotic dragonfly called BionicOpter. The robot can fly forward, backwards, sideways, hovers and glide without flapping its wings just ...

Inspired by the flight of a dragonfly, robotics company Festo has unveiled the BionicOpter, a flying robot model capable of more flight conditions than a plane, glider and helicopter all together. As ...

We have featured a number of different remote control devices here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, but this newly created BionicOpter Robotic Dragonfly offers a very unique flying system. The ...

Festo has created a fascinating robotic BionicOpter dragonfly that has a semi-opaque blue body and four clear wings, which beat as it flies around the room, pausing as it glides and shifts direction, ...

The dragonfly is the aerial stunt of the insect world. It can hover, fly backwards and glide without moving its wings. They align their wind stroke planes to be nearly normal to the direction of the ...

Festo, inventor of sophisticated and elegant robotic birds, as well as robot jellyfish and penguins, has done it again. The company's latest robotic achievement is a dragonfly, the BionicOpter, which ...

Yet more simply amazing work from the folk at Festo. A robotic dragonfly takes to the air. These folks are beyond clever. The mechanics of dragonfly flight are unique: dragonflies can manoeuvre in all ...

After bird flight had been deciphered with the SmartBird in 2011, the developers took on their next-biggest challenge in the Bionic Learning Network: modelling the dragonfly at a technical level. The ...

Festo isn't quite the household name that Boston Dynamics is. (And, really, we're not entirely sure Big Dog is a regular topic of conversation at dinner tables yet.) But, it certainly deserves just as ...