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The insect robot’s wings begin flapping when exposed to light. CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – A solar-powered winged robot has become the lightest machine capable of flying without being attached to a ...

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to ...

Conventional drones use visual sensors for navigation. However, environmental conditions like dampness, low light, and dust ...

For use in a drone, the scientists developed an electroantennography sensor (EAG) in which they made the signals of the insect sensors readable via electrodes. In a first step, however ...

Thankfully, researchers at MIT may have come up with a bit of a solution—robotic insect swarms that can ... moving closer to being able to use these flying machines in practical applications.

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have designed insect-sized ...

In a nutshell: Researchers in Japan have merged robotic technology with the finely tuned senses of silk moths to create a bio-hybrid drone ... electrical signals from insect antennae in response ...