MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

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 ...

A team of researchers at the University of Hong Kong has designed and tested an advanced aerial robot capable ... for traditional drones. In research published on Science Robotics (via Techxplore ...

Drones. These unmanned flying robots–some as large as jumbo jets, others as small as birds–do things straight out of science fiction. Much of what it takes to get these robotic airplanes to ...

The idea of using robot ... Science Robotics, the team revealed that they could craft a design with features that addressed the current limitations in mechanical pollination. The new designs can ...