Robotics is advancing at an incredible pace, becoming smaller, smarter, and more innovative. A remarkable example is MIT's ...

Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel warehouses, boosting yields while ...

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash ...

A new insect-scale robot developed at MIT is reshaping how robotics can be used in challenging environments like disaster ...

As previously reported, the ultimate goal of the RoboBee initiative is to build a swarm of tiny interconnected robots capable ...

Cornell researchers are collecting data ahead of the anticipated launch of a NASA satellite that will provide advance notice ...

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required ...

Inspired by this natural design, the engineers outfitted the RoboBee with its own set of long, double-jointed legs. These new appendages are designed to cushion the impact as the robot transitions ...

But a team of researchers at Harvard has recognized that there are some behaviors that are so instinctual that it's possible ...

CU Boulder's shape-shifting robots, inspired by insects, are set to revolutionize tasks in confined spaces, from disaster ...

RoboBee offers diminutive size and insect-like flight prowess for a range of potential scientific, commercial, and emergency ...