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.

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing.

An edible robot made by EPFL scientists leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the ...

Those traits often bring trade-offs, but Jayaram wants to explore how robots can achieve both at the same time. To meet that goal, he draws inspiration from what might seem an unlikely source: insects ...

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

An edible robot leverages a combination of biodegradable fuel and surface tension to zip around the water's surface, creating a safe -- and nutritious -- alternative to environmental monitoring ...

If you're releasing a robot into the aquatic environment with no intention of retrieving it, that bot had better be ...

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

A camera smaller than a fingernail can now see what most high-speed cameras miss. Inspired by the eyes of insects, scientists ...

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