Right near the base, they could increase their power output to 115 µW. – They estimate that if the generator can be hooked up directly to the beetle’s wing, though, ...

More information: Hoang-Vu Phan et al, Passive wing deployment and retraction in beetles and flapping microrobots, Nature (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07755-9 Provided by Nature Publishing Group ...

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 ...

This is a summary of: Phan, H.-V. et al.Passive wing deployment and retraction in beetles and flapping microrobots. Nature 632, 1067–1072 (2024).. The question. Most insects can rest their wings ...

However, previous research by Phan in 2020 detected a full two-phase wing deployment, leaving him to wonder why the beetle “uses such a complex procedure if driven by active muscles.” ...

Beetle-Inspired Surface Could Make for More Ice-Resistant Airplane Wings And less de-icing means less time on the runway. By Jay Bennett Published: Jan 25, 2016 1:38 PM EST ...

The beetle — only one-tenth of an inch and found in 1991 in Oaxaca, Mexico, among leaf litter of a pine and oak forest floor at an elevation of more than 9,500 feet by the naturalist Richard ...