A Robotic Mechanism to Validate the Origin of Avian Flight

A fundamental way to quantify the origin of flight is the implementation of experiments on the running bipedal with/without flapping wings in order to capture the kinematics of a bird quantitatively. To this purpose, the measured parameters should be the body rolling and the amplitude of flapping accompanied by running, while the wings can be folded and unfolded in a certain angle of attack. Here, we show the analysis and synthesis of a...