Robotics is advancing at an incredible pace, becoming smaller, smarter, and more innovative. A remarkable example is MIT's RoboBees project, which showcases the ...

RoboBee now lands safely, thanks to insect-inspired legs and a smarter controller designed by Harvard engineers.

A new insect-scale robot developed at MIT is reshaping how robotics can be used in challenging environments like disaster ...

Tiny flying robots could perform such ... combined into a rectangular device about the size of a microcassette. The wings managed to flap like an insect’s, but the bot couldn’t fly for long.

A University of Colorado Boulder engineering professor received more than $1 million in grants to go toward building ...

Each tiny, motorboat-shaped robot measures just 5 cms long and weighs about 1.43 grams. Despite their size, they’re ...

In the warm summer days of Japan, cicadas reign as the ambient soundtrack—clicking, chirping, and rattling like tiny engines.

Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger ... robot's wings during its aerial phase to compensate. Due to its small size and light weight, the robot has an even smaller moment ...

Scientists have been intrigued by the potential of cyborg insects since the 1990s, when researchers began implanting tiny ...

As previously reported, the ultimate goal of the RoboBee initiative is to build a swarm of tiny interconnected robots capable ...

The Harvard RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature’s most graceful landers: the crane fly.    Publishing in Science Robotics, the team led ...

The robot has also received an updated controller ... The RoboBee's diminutive size and insect-like flight prowess offer intriguing possibilities for future applications, including environmental ...