Kid lit experts weigh in on some of the year’s best science titles. Plus, what to look for when choosing a book for the child in your life. Are you hoping to inspire a young reader in your life with ...

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Feeding in mid air: A hovering hummingbird. (Courtesy: Mike Miller, University of Cincinnati News) Researchers in the US have shed new light on the puzzling and complex flight physics of creatures ...

Aug. 24, 2025 Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains ...

Abstract: This article presents a method for analyzing and optimizing a compliant flapping-wing mechanism (CFWM) with the flapping–twist–swing motion for a flapping-wing aerial vehicle (FWAV).

Abstract: Accurate state estimation of micro aerial vehicles (MAVs) in high-speed and dynamic environments poses a significant challenge for visual-inertial odometry (VIO) algorithms. Flapping-wing ...

While most 14-year-olds are folding paper airplanes, Miles Wu is folding origami patterns that he believes could one day improve disaster relief. The New York City teen just won $25,000 for a research ...

The first version of ORIPA was released in 2005. ORIPA was made open source in 2012, and was pushed to Github in 2013. To find out more about using the software ...

Quasi-steady aerodynamic modeling and dynamic stability of mosquito-inspired flapping wing pico aerial vehicle Balbir Singh Kamarul Arifin Ahmad Manikandan Murugaiah Noorfaizal Yidris Adi Azriff Basri ...