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Robots are cool. Birds are cool (at least, sometimes). Let's make a [[Robot Bird]]! Also, if you need to scout, something that flies without being too conspicuous is a good choice. Though anything supposed to fly on feathered wings, of course, isn't.▼
Robots are cool. Birds are cool (at least, sometimes). Let's make a [[Robot Bird]]!
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' 'verse Imperium produces Grapplehawks - relatively light armored cyber-constructs capable of anti-gravity assisted flight, with embedded [[Wetware CPU|avian brains]] that provide ready instincts for flight and hunt. As the name implies, they are built not just for scouting, but for retrieval as well, and typically are equipped with shocker claws to this end. As such, they are mostly used by enforcers and [[Bounty Hunter]]s to capture suspects, as well as Adeptus Mechanicus Explorators to collect whatever specimen picks their interest without having to chase it or make big holes in it. Several types appear in ''[[Dark Heresy]]'' and ''[[Rogue Trader]]''.
** ''[[Necromunda]]'' got [https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Sheen_Bird Sheen Birds] — decorative cyber-constructs that imitate living birds and appear to be more like a bird version of [[Familiar|Cherubs]], but autonomous enough that they can survive on their own in a hive (though get corrupted).
== Video Games ==
* ''[[Strider Hiryu]]'' arcade has the Robot Hawk as an [[Assist Character]].
* ''[[Mega Man]] series
** There's Reggae and Beat for recurring characters in the Classic Mega Man series. They assist their sides to varying degrees. Beat supports Mega Man's side. Reggae, on the other hand, just mocks Dr. Wily.
** Tomahawk Man, with his Tomahawk Assist ability in ''[[Rockman 6: Unique Harassment]]'', can summon birds to assist him in combat. As expected, Mega Man can copy it after beating him.
== Web Comics ==
* ''[[Gunnerkrigg Court]]'' has Tic-Tocs, whom the local robots classify as "mythical ornithonics" - they are artificial birds who usually stay away from everyone and only watch - nobody knows where they came from, what else they can do or to what purpose.
* ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]'' with the [http://drmcninja.com/archives/comic/17p2/ bomber bird] (it gets weirder from the next page).
* ''[[El Goonish Shive]]'' has [https://www.egscomics.com/comic/2018-04-23 Magpie], a thieving magical construct. Or rather, had for a short while — upon re-activation in storage it immediately tried to steal the most shiny for its [[Detect Magic|magic sense]] artifact, which happened to be a combat golem, with [[No Kill Like Overkill|the obvious result]].
== Other Media ==
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* Since at least 2014, [[Surveillance Drone]]s have been [https://www.google.com/search?q=robotic+bird+drone&safe=off&rlz=1C1CHBF_enUS714US714&source=univ&tbm=shop&tbo=u&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwittv2h5NvUAhWCbz4KHbrDBQ0QsxgIKA available in bird-shaped form factors], ranging from bird-shaped "airplanes" to actual flapping ornithopters.
** See, for example, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gc8kBmzOOI this falcon drone] from a firm called "Robirds".
** Or the [https://web.archive.org/web/20170627075446/http://www.mybionicbird.com/?lang=en Bionic Bird] from a company called XTIM.
* Even earlier, [https://www.ted.com/talks/a_robot_that_flies_like_a_bird this 2011 TED Talk] demonstrated a robot bird capable of flapping-wing flight.
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