About five years ago, a bizarre idea occurred to me. At the time, I was designing complex electronic circuits to mimic a small portion of an insect brain. These circuits would be created on a tiny ...

A new insect-inspired flying robot created by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets. The flying robot is less than 1 centimeter ...

Scientists have created what they say is the world's smallest untethered flying robot, by taking a unique approach to its design. To minimize size and weight, they've moved the bot's power and control ...

Bee-inspired drone navigation could change how tiny robots move through greenhouses, warehouses and disaster zones. By ...

Grasshoppers may not spring to mind as paragons of graceful flight. But for a team of Princeton engineers, these gangly insects have inspired a new approach to robotic wings. Typical designs for ...

An orange wheel rolls across concrete and suddenly jumps, as if it decided to defy gravity on its own. Nearby, a robot undulates through water like a fish. Another twists forward inside a narrow pipe.

(Nanowerk News) This new prototype robotic system automates the attachment of miniature electronic backpacks on the back of Madagascar hissing cockroaches, turning them into insect-hybrid robots. This ...

Bee-inspired navigation could allow lightweight drones to travel farther and return home with minimal computing power.