According to its developers, the new robot features flapping wings that are powered by a set of artificial muscles that ...

Tiny flying robots may soon help rescue people trapped after earthquakes or explore dangerous, hard-to-reach places. But ...

If you’ve ever watched a flapping insect or hummingbird hover in place – often while engaged in other activities such as ...

In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a ...

MIT researchers developed an aerial microrobot that can fly with speed and agility comparable to real insects. The research ...

BEIJING -- Thanks to a Chinese team's innovation, the colony of microbots from Disney's animated feature "Big Hero 6" is inching closer to reality. At a laboratory in Beijing, a nimble, tiny bionic ...

Tiny robotic insects may soon become lifesaving tools in disaster zones. MIT researchers have ...

MIT researchers are pushing robotics into the microscopic world, building insect-sized machines capable of navigating spaces ...

A small aquatic insect with fan-like feet has inspired a new generation of agile, water-skimming robots capable of navigating turbulent conditions with remarkable precision. Researchers from the ...

DARPA recognizes that insect-scale flying robots have immense military potential. In laboratories around the world, engineers are racing to shrink robotics into microscopic proportions, many examples ...