Robert with his real goshawk "Shinta".

Robert Jan Musters is the owner of the Roflight company since 2016. As a mechanical engineer and certified falconer (someone who hunts succesfull wild prey with live birds of prey), he has been developing robot birds over many years.

Two patents are in his name:

1: “Wing for generating lift from an incident flow” (patent number: 8973874)

This patent relates to the flapping wing model “the Robird” which , Robert Jan Musters, had already invented in 2008. The model was previously called “the Horck”.

Robert with his goshawk model the Horck.

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De Horck flew successfully at Schiphol Airport in 2008 for bird control. After 2011, unfortunately, several people deceived him, copied disrespectful his information and pretended shameless to be the inventor of the Robird to enrich themselves.

Robert with his Robird peregrine falcon.

The true inventor of the Robird is Robert jan Musters. As a practicing falconer he studied the flight of his hunting birds. As a passionated model airplane builder he developed the Robird out of his love for birds of prey and wanted to know how they fly. It later turned out that birds could be chased away in a controlled manner at a limited distance using a flapping wing of prey model. The magical flight of the Robird was breath taking but not developed for bird control.

Robert started Roflight to develop his next bird "the Avibird" that is really designed for intelligent bird control:

2: “Robotic bird” (patent number: WO2021098951A1)

This invention by Robert jan Musters relates to a fixed wing robot bird “the Avibird” and, unlike the robird, this model has been specifically developed for bird control. The effectiveness has been scientifically researched and demonstrated. The Avibird is also often used for research into bird behavior.

Avibird model peregrine falcon.

As a supplement, Robert Jan Musters is also the inventor of "the Robara" for the English company Wingbeat Ltd in 2015. The Robara is an artificial prey-bird in the shape of a Houbara. This bird is remote controlled and has been developed to train and conditioning birds of prey.