Purdue Hummingbird Drone

Flight bio-mimicry and the potential for swarming task completion.  AI being used to determine useful patterns supporting flight.

Tiny drone uses A.I. to learn from nature’s best pilot, the hummingbird   By Georgina Torbet

One of nature’s most remarkable creations is the hummingbird, which flaps its wings up to 80 times per second and which can hover in place and fly in any direction. Now scientists have used machine learning algorithms to study the way these birds fly in order to replicate their abilities in drones.

The robot, developed by researchers at Purdue University, has artificial intelligence (A.I.) which learns from hummingbird simulations and applies its findings to the movements of its flexible flapping wings.  .... "