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.

With four wings made out of carbon fiber and mylar ... with the Bee++ fully achieving the six degrees of free movement that a typical flying insect displays. A robotic bee that can fly fully ...

About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures ... pattern of wing motion. It's by controlling these four muscle groups that an insect is able ...

However, despite what their name implies and the similarities shared between the two insects, dragonflies are ... and a fly is that dragonflies have four wings, whereas flies have only two.