The robot's flight performances, combined with its programmability, also make it well suited for research into insect flight. (Representative Image) Scientists say the have developed a novel ...

Researchers at Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed an insect-like robot that achieves flight by flapping a pair of tiny wings. The robot is small enough to ...

Robots helped achieve a major breakthrough in our understanding of how insect flight evolved. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists and biophysicists. Robots built ...

One of the largest and strongest beetles in the world hardly seems the best inspiration for a delicate flying microbot. But using slow-motion cameras to capture the critters in flight, an ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.

Recent DARPA robots include sea-based microdrones, cockroach-style surveillance bots, and even cyborg insects.

Automation expert Festo has created three robots inspired by butterflies, ants and a chameleon. They can fly in packs, self charge, work in groups and pick up pretty much anything. The pick of the ...

Robot technology that mimics the brains of insects could be developed for jobs that do not require sophisticated skills, such as spraying crops or keeping our streets clean. These are ideas emerging ...

UK researchers are developing insect-like robots to make repairs in tunnels and pipes underground, potentially saving millions in costs. Keeping much of our infrastructure underground, be it for ...