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A flapping-wing drone that actually handles its own vibrations. BionicBird’s X-Fly is not a propeller drone. It is an ornithopter with a six-axis gyro and precision G-sensors designed specifically to deal with the chaotic dynamics of wing flapping. • Sensor fusion tuned for flapping flight, not propeller stability •... show more

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