Roughly twice the size of a beetle and weighing slightly more than a CD (18 grams), the microrobot’s rapid, insectlike movements draw from research into how beetles deploy their wings. Unlike ...

The team designed their tiny, flying robots to be significantly more agile and robust than previous iterations, drawing inspiration from the anatomy of natural pollinators like bees.

The concept of the flying robot is based on how some birds, bats, and other insects tuck their wings against their bodies when at rest, and then deploy them to power flight.

The four wings provide lift, and steer the robot so that its single leg lands precisely. The wings aren’t for flying in the usual sense. They provide lift, but also help the tiny device steer ...

New repair techniques enable microscale robots to recover flight performance after suffering severe damage to the artificial muscles that power their wings. Date: March 15, 2023 ...

While many bipedal (i.e., two-legged) robots are humanoids, meaning that their body resembles that of humans, others draw inspiration from other animals that walk on two legs, such as ostriches ...

Gharib and his colleagues created a multipurpose robot by drawing inspiration from the animal kingdom. The Multi-Modal Mobility Morphobot, or M4 for short, has four appendages that can turn into ...