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    Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

    Robotic pigeon reveals how birds fly without a vertical tail fin

    The researchers programmed a computer to control the nine servomotors in Pigeonbot II to steer the craft using propellers on each wing, but also to automatically twist and fan the tail in response, to create the stability that would normally come from a vertical fin.