Robot dinosaurs help unlock the evolution of flight
New Atlas - Fri 3 May 19On the timeline of the evolution of flight in birds, gliding seems like a logical first step. But new research suggests that some species could have made the jump straight to flapping ...
Robo-dino helps to pinpoint the origins of dinosaur flight
Nature News - Thu 2 May 19Robo-dino helps to pinpoint the origins of dinosaur flightRobo-dino helps to pinpoint the origins of dinosaur flight, Published online: 02 May 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-01399-wThe ...
A dinosaur’s running gait may reveal insights into the history of bird flight
ScienceNews - Thu 2 May 19In what may have been a precursor to avian flight, a flightless winged dinosaur may have flapped its wings as it jogged.
Running may have made dinosaurs' wings flap before they evolved to fly
Phys.org - Thu 2 May 19Before they evolved the ability to fly, two-legged dinosaurs may have begun to flap their wings as a passive effect of running along the ground, according to new research by Jing-Shan Zhao of ...
Running may have made dinosaurs' wings flap before they evolved to fly, ScienceDaily - Thu 2 May 19Scientists Study Evolution of Flight With Dino Robot, Ostrich Backpack
Extremetech - Mon 6 May 19A team of researchers has shown that dinosaurs might have been flapping their wings before they even had them. The post Scientists Study Evolution of Flight With Dino Robot, Ostrich Backpack ...
Researchers Put Fake Wings on Ostrich to Learn About Flying Dinosaurs
Geek.com - Fri 3 May 19Pinpointing exactly when dinosaurs learned how to fly is difficult, considering we can not go back in time. However, researchers are suggesting that before dinosaurs had the ability to fly, ...
Feathered dinosaurs may have accidentally developed flying — while running
ZME Science - Fri 3 May 19Fake it till you make it.
Image of the Day: Passive Flapping
The Scientist - Fri 3 May 19A robot model of a winged but flightless dinosaur suggests the dinosaur may have flapped its wings while moving on the ground.
Life-size robo-dinosaur and ostrich backpack hint at how first birds got off the ground
TechCrunch - Thu 2 May 19Everyone knows birds descended from dinosaurs, but exactly how that happened is the subject of much study and debate. To help clear things up, these researchers went all out and just straight ...
Running Dinosaur Robot Reveals a Possible Way Dinos May Have Evolved Flight
Gizmodo - Thu 2 May 19Using robotic and animal models, researchers have shown that some dinosaurs were already flapping their rudimentary wings as a side effect of running, prior to evolving the ability to fly. The ...
Primitive dinosaurs learned to fly by accident when their useless wings flapped as they ran
Daily Mail - Thu 2 May 19Caudipteryx was about the size of a peacock and lived in China 130 million years ago and weighed up to 11lbs (5kgs). It would have been capable of running at 17mph, or eight metres a second.