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R2-D2 Tweets
Scientific American
|February 2026
Droid-imitating birds test the limits of avian vocals
A LONG TIME AGO in a galaxy far, far away, R2-D2 beeped and booped—and now birds that copy the Star Wars character are giving scientists fresh insight into how different species imitate complex sounds. A recent study in Scientific Reports analyzed the vocalizations of European Starlings and nine species of parrots, including budgies, to see how accurately each bird can mimic R2-D2’s robotic whirring.
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