Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while ...

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

Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have just unveiled the world’s smallest flying robot. With a wingspan ...

Designing a small-scale flying robot posed significant challenges. Traditional flying robots rely on onboard power sources ...

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 ...

Engineers have created the world's smallest wireless robot capable of controlled flight. Inspired by bees the robot can hover ...

The bumblebee-inspired robot is less than a centimeter wide and can hover, change direction, and hit small targets. Like a ...

Smaller than a human thumb and weighing less than a paperclip, the so-called hopping robot features a springy leg that helps ...

The robot’s controller allows it to adapt smoothly to different surfaces, adjusting its movements without hesitation. For ...

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for ...

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

The RoboBee is already a little older. It has now been upgraded with a landing gear and a flight control system that enable ...