The interdisciplinary team of researchers will come together for a 2nd meeting in Nantes on June 23, 2017.
2nd meeting - Avineck
Tag - interdisciplinary
1st meeting
Avineck is a highly interdisciplinary project and involves a number of collaborators.
The neck of birds, an arm for robots
The evolution of flight in birds led to a highly specialized appendicular apparatus. The transformation into wings limited the functional versatility of the forelimbs and, thus, the avian neck became the functional equivalent of the arm. In combination with the beak, the head-neck system of birds acts as a tool-bearing arm.