To test the new technique, the team trained Gary (a 4-year-old parrotlet) to fly from one perch to another. We’re trying to figure out how birds are capable of flying so well in these complex, turbulent environments and a lot of that comes from how they deform the shape of their wings, left versus right, to adjust to gusts quickly David Lentink, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering It has taken seven years of development – but the Lentink lab may have figured out how to more closely observe birds’ morphing skills!īy creating a new way of automatically recording wing shape that works at high speeds and results the team have managed to create high-definition 3D reconstructions. But up until now we’ve known little about the angle, twist and asymmetries of each wing beat.
Birds are able to deform their wings through an incredible range of shapes.
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