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

The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight ...

If you see a crane fly this spring (or even hundreds), don't freak out. Although they resemble mosquitos, they're just out ...

Use precise geolocation data and actively scan device characteristics for identification. This is done to store and access ...

Harvard’s tiny flying robot, known as the RoboBee, has just gotten a major upgrade that makes landing much safer and smoother. Inspired by the long legs of crane flies, engineers have given the robot ...

Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...

Inspired by this natural design, the engineers outfitted the RoboBee with its own set of long, double-jointed legs. These new ...

Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to ... from the larval stage at over 2 inches long with a 3-inch wingspan.

A recently created RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature's most graceful landers: the crane fly. The team has given their flying robot a set ...

Newly described bone collector caterpillars build a silken case around their bodies and adorn it with dead insect body parts ...

Harvards RoboBee achieves stable landing technique for crop pollination Engineers develop flying robots to aid in ...