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In a figurative sense, Festo’s SmartBird is a student of Jonathan. Just as the seagull breaks new speed records, Festo has also registered a breakthrough by deciphering the flight of birds. Modelled on the herring gull, SmartBird is a biomechatronic and cyber-netic holistic design – a flight model which like a bird is capable of taking off, flying and landing merely by flapping its wings. The fascination of SmartBird is the result of the intelligent integration of various disciplines: mechanics, drive technology, fluid dynamics, control and regulation technology and condition monitoring. It is this scientific transfer to practical application that enables SmartBird to fly.