The paper was recently published in the journal Science Robotics. You can see the RoboBee in crane-fly-inspired landing action, in the following video.

“I turned quickly with just enough time to video them coming in for a ‘graceful’ landing.” If the first crane looks familiar, Favorite has a suggestion for what the bird’s moves look ...

thanks to biomechanical improvements to its landing gear modeled on the crane fly, which has a similar wingspan and body size to the RoboBee platform. The details of this achievement appear in a ...