The secret behind insects' lightning-fast reactions could offer a blueprint for more energy-efficient robots and self-driving cars, according to a new study challenging our understanding of how brains ...
MIT researchers are building insect-sized robots that can fly, swim, jump, walk on water, and survive damage that would ...
New research decoding insect wing dynamics could enable highly stable flapping robots, improving micro-drone control, ...
A University of Sheffield study has detailed how flies use rapid body and eye movements to boost visual processing speed, offering potential insights for AI and robotics design. Hyundai announced ...
About five years ago, a bizarre idea occurred to me. At the time, I was designing complex electronic circuits to mimic a small portion of an insect brain. These circuits would be created on a tiny ...
Scientists built small ant inspired robots that work together using light signals. These robots can build or dig by following ...
A 301 mg soft robot jumps continuously under constant light without batteries or electronics, using snap-through buckling and self-shadowing to create an autonomous feedback loop. (Nanowerk Spotlight) ...
The way bugs and birds flap their wings may look effortless, but the dynamics that keep them aloft are dizzyingly complex and difficult to quantify. Cornell researchers have created a computational ...
A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...