Bird Booster

This is the Bird Booster, an original prototype I made for my bird to train her to fly.

My invention is a perch attached to a spring mechanism that can be compressed and released by a remote-controlled motor. This motor rotates a barrel underneath the perch, which compresses the perch just enough that when the motor is released, it gently boosts the perch up. This ultimately gets the bird to fly.

Over time, the bird won't need this boost because she'll understand the association between command and action.

The phrase "Necessity is the mother of all invention" perfectly describes why I made the Bird Booster: it was necessary for my pet's safety. For the last six years, I went to a professional to have my bird's wings "clipped," which is the painless action of cutting the flight feathers off the birds' wings so that she can safely flutter to the ground, but not enough to where she could fly away or get herself hurt. However, because of COVID-19 shutting businesses down, the pla