Start with something similar to the flying insect-like robots and figure out how to expand their capabilities. Not surprisingly, since they built the insect-like robot, the Harvard team has chosen ...

You might remember RoboBee, an insect-sized robot that flies by flapping its wings. Unfortunately, though, it has to be hard-wired to a power source. Well, one of RoboBee's creators has now helped ...

This Insect-Sized Flying Robot Is Powered by Lasers. It’s the first robo-fly that doesn’t need to be tethered to a power supply. Mark Stone. Save. Save. In 1989, two MIT ...

A novel insect-inspired flying robot, developed by TU Delft researchers from the Micro Air Vehicle Laboratory (MAVLab), is presented in Science. Experiments with this first autonomous, free-flying ...

Engineers have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. RoboFly is slightly heavier than a toothpick and is powered by a laser beam. Insect-sized flying robots could help with ...

Insects; Flying Insect-Inspired Robot Can 'Rest' Midflight. News. By Mindy Weisberger published 19 May 2016 When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.

Miniscule robotic drones might be the future, but they've been tricky to get off the ground. Until now, any wing-flapping insect robot had to have a power source, making it too heavy to lift off ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future ...

Insects are pretty good at navigating, and seem to know how high they are flying. But how? Dr. Nicolas Franceschini, a roboticist at the French National Research Agency, believes that insects ...

Credit: TU Delft/Studio Oostrum/Tom van Dijk/Christophe de Wagter/Cover Images Scientists believe insects could hold the key to a world where futuristic mini-robots can complete important tasks.

The technology could be helpful for studying insect forces like walking or flying (and yes, the temptation to tickle a bug is there). However, the team also sees the invention as potentially ...

Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks. These robots soar by fluttering tiny wings because they are too ...