September 2， 2014Robotic raptors look and fly like the real thing

Robot raptors that fly like the real thing are designed to act as a deterrent to flocks of nuisance birds

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Birds that stray into the paths of aircraft， eat crops， or spread disease from foraging in large numbers at landfills are， at best， a nuisance and， at worst， downright dangerous. Over the years people have tried everything from scaring them away with loud noises to trapping them – all with varying results. Now a designer from the Netherlands has come up with robotic birds of prey that look and fly exactly like the real thing.

Dubbed “Robirds，” these flying raptor creations are the brainchild of Nico Nijenhuis from Clear Flight Solutions. The remotely controlled， realistic looking birds actually flap their wings to fly， and in a way that makes them remarkably similar to the real thing. According to the designers， this means that their artificial predator birds can fly in and around problem areas， encouraging nuisance birds to leave by exploiting the natural instinct of birds to avoid predators， particularly through silhouette and wing movement recognition.

In addition， the creators claim that – as the system is fully controllable by an operator on the ground with a remote control – especially difficult birds can be persuaded to leave by singling them out with the Robird to chase them away.

The practical upshot of all this is that – according to the designers – targeted bird populations learn to avoid what they perceive as the active stalking grounds of a bird of prey and that bird numbers in the areas of Robird operation drop by 50 percent or more. As a result of continued operations， the creators also claim that Robirds virtually eliminate the chances of nuisance bird flock habituation in the long term.

With a body length up to 58 cm （23 in） and a wingspan of 120 cm （47 in）， the peregrine falcon model is capable of reaching 80 km/h （50 mph） and is designed to act as a deterrent to birds of up to 3 kg （6.6 lb）。 However， the eagle model is even more intimidating. With a body length nearly twice the length of the falcon and wingspan of up to 220 cm （86 in）， this robot bird is designed to scare off any type of bird and would probably scare the odd human or two as well.

Though currently still wirelessly controlled by a human on the ground – and not quite as smart as a Festo seagull – plans are afoot to make the Robirds autonomous， with the company pursuing this goal with business and technical partners and trials currently underway that are set to continue into 2015.

The short video below demonstrates a Robird in flight， demonstrating its striking similarity to the real thing.

Source： Clear Flight Solutions

自動翻譯僅供參考

機器猛禽無論是外觀還是飛起來都和真的鳥一樣

Robotic猛禽外觀和飛象真正的thing

機器人猛禽，像真實的東西是為了起到威懾作用，以滋擾鳥群飛

是流浪到飛機的路徑鳥，吃莊稼，或在填埋場覓食大量的，充其量是滋擾和，在最壞的情況，非常危險傳播疾病。多年來，人們已經嘗試了一切，從望而卻步大聲的噪音來捕獲他們 - 所有這些不同的結果。現在，來自荷蘭的設計師想出了獵物的機器人鳥看起來，準確地飛象真的一樣。

被稱為“Robirds，”這些飛行猛禽創造都是尼科Nijenhuis從清除飛行方案的心血結晶。遠程控制，逼真的鳥居然扇動翅膀飛行，并在一定程度上使得它們非常類似于真實的東西。據設計者，這意味著他們的人工捕食鳥能飛和周圍的問題領域，鼓勵滋擾鳥類通過利用鳥類的自然本能，以躲避天敵，特別是通過輪廓和機翼動作識別離開。

此外，創作者聲稱， - 因為系統是用遙控器在地面操作人員完全可控的 - 特別困難的鳥可以說服單挑出來與Robird追逐他們離開離開

所有這一切的實際結果是。這 - 根據設計師 - 有針對性的鳥類種群學會避免他們認為的猛禽積極跟蹤理由和鳥類數量在Robird操作一滴領域50％以上。由于連續作業的結果是，創作者還聲稱，Robirds從根本上消除滋擾鳥群習慣的機會，從長遠來看。

隨著體長可達58厘米（23英寸）和120厘米的翼展（47 ），游隼模型能夠達到80公里每小時（50英里）的，旨在作為一種防范措施，以高達3公斤（6.6磅）的鳥。不過，老鷹模式更是嚇人。隨著體長隼的近兩倍的長度和高達220厘米（86）的臂展，這個機器人鳥的目的是嚇退任何一種鳥，很可能嚇跑奇人或兩個為好。

雖然目前仍在無線由人類控制在地面上 - 而不是很聰明的一個費斯托海鷗 - 正在計劃使Robirds自主的，與該公司實現這一目標與業務和技術合作伙伴和臨床試驗目前正在進行中被設置為繼續到2015年