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Developing Robotic Birds From a news story by CNN San Francisco Reporter Don Knapp September 8, 1999

I. Scientists are trying to figure out how birds fly.

A. Scientists at S.R.I. International are studying pigeon flight.

B. Scientists at the Navy Postgraduate School are studying how pelicans fly.

II. Scientists have built robotic bird models to duplicate real bird flight.

III. Scientists are learning that it is hard to build a bird.

 

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