The Army Research Laboratory is working on another possibility: an actual fly, or rather a robotic one, which could mimic the insect’s movements while transmitting surveillance data.

But in a bold move, researchers have built a speedy robot with a 'brain' based on the insect's low-energy, highly efficient navigational neural network.

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, ...

New insect-scale microrobots can fly more than 100 times longer than previous versions. The new bots, also significantly faster and more agile, could someday be used to pollinate fruits and ...

This basic sounding concept involves extremely complex science and engineering. “Insects aren’t built like robots,” Humbert said. “If I have a robot and I want it to perceive the environment, I tend ...

Researchers at MIT have created a group of robotic insects that they hope to be able to use as a swarm of pollinators in the future.

Recently, researchers from Harvard’s microrobotics lab showed off the world’s first insect-sized robot that can not only fly, but swim.

Scientists have built a new type of robotic insect that can fly 100 times longer than previous generations.