Harvard University has had the flying robot insect market covered for a long time. However, their robot bee, while cool, was starting to bum them out. They wanted to put the battery and brain on th… ...

But not all insects are hard, and roboticists are now creating soft robots that can change shape to enable movement like caterpillars can, instead of relying on legs for every type of movement.

Find out how groundbreaking research on bees is reshaping our understanding of learning and recognition in AI.

A fruit fly's pinhead-sized brain is not the place you'd expect find inspiration for new robotics. But in a bold move, researchers have built a speedy robot with a 'brain' based on the insect's ...

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 ...

Mini-robots modeled on insects may be smallest, lightest, fastest ever developed. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2024 / 01 / 240118122235.htm.

The robotic insect’s wings are powered by artificial muscles, tiny actuators made from elastomer layers, and carbon nanotube electrodes rolled into soft cylinders.

The robotic insect's wing motion is powered by artificial muscles—tiny, soft actuators crafted from layers of elastomer ...

Robotic insects could transform the hunt for survivors, said biologist Robert Full, who researches biomechanics and physiology at UC Berkeley. Advertisement ...

The robotic insect, which weighs less than a paperclip, can fly significantly faster than similar bots while completing acrobatic maneuvers like double aerial flips.

Swarms of robotic insects could someday help us explore other planetary realms. A researcher at California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering professor Nhut Ho, has been awarded a ...

A whole arm of robotics is focusing on insect-size robots – and smaller. What might humans be capable of if we could command a tiny army of simple machines that could fly, skim the water and ...