Clearly BSG got it wrong. The bird of robotic choice is not a pigeon, but Robotic Penguins! Made by a German firm called Festo the robotic penguins - seen above - use sonar to navigate and are extremely flexible. I can't help it. I want one.
From here. ----
And does anybody else recall the Belgian Penguin man called Alfred? *dun-dun-dun*