An international research team has created a flapping-wing drone that mimics the movements of a particular bird mdash the swift Swifts can fly up to miles per hour and are able to hover plunge turn quickly and stop suddenly The ornithopter drone however is still inferior to the bird One researcher said birds ldquo have multiple sets of muscles which enable them to fly incredibly fast fold their wings twist open feather slots and save energy rdquo He admitted that his team rsquo s efforts were still only able to replicate about ldquo percent of biological flight rdquo God has
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