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Bat-like robot

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Bat-inspired robot swoops and dives like the real thing

A lightweight drone with features mimicking the wings of bats is an agile flyer and could be used to monitor safety risks at construction sites

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whale shark

Life

Whale sharks' secrets revealed by live-tracking aquatic drones

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A flying quadcopter

Technology

US army wants to fire swarm of weaponised drones from a missile

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bee and flower

Technology

Drones inspired by insects could keep flying even when damaged

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An Amazon drone takes off

Technology

Amazon makes its first Prime Air drone delivery to a customer

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A view of the sky where a drone is flying away having just dropped is package, which can be seen falling with a parachute above it

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Drones will fly life-saving blood supplies to clinics in Rwanda

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A flock of birds flying close together

Life

Budgies reveal the rule that means birds never collide in flight

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Conceptual drone using laser over city

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Drones get first anti-laser lasers to stop being shot down

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A drone hovers in a forest

Technology

Expensive drones take flying lessons from cheaper stunt doubles

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drone

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How drones are learning to find their own way in the world

From delivering pizzas to tracking whales, we have high hopes for drones. Here are three advances that will help them live up to the buzz

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Amazon to begin UK delivery drone trials to make them safer

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US Air Force plans to pluck dangerous drones out of the skies

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Health

Face it, the Olympics won't be axed. We need to Zika-proof them

Analysis

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The rebirth of calm: Why we need technology with manners

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