MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

Keep in mind that pest control should be an integrated pest management (IPM), or holistic, approach that may include cultural controls, resistant varieties, best management practices, mechanical ...

To turn this vision into reality, researchers at MIT are working on robotic insects that might one day emerge from mechanical hives to perform precise pollination tasks on a large scale.

Tiny insect-inspired robot can perform death-defying ... to the actuators that create the flapping motion, which reduces mechanical strain and makes the wings more durable than previous versions.