Medney (" Beyond Kuiper ") and co-author Don Macnab-Stark have crafted an intelligent examination of the human condition in ...

Robotic insects are closer than you think.

To survive the bitter cold, Antarctica’s native residents adorn themselves with thick layers of fat and fur. A non-biting ...

Under a microscope, the mosquito’s proboscis looks like a tiny, precision tool. Thin, flexible, and sharp, it slips through ...

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.

The Hong Kong government has closed access to the Tsing Yi Nature Trails after five visitors contracted the chikungunya virus, raising the number of local cases to 10. The five local cases of ...

In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a ...

According to its developers, the new robot features flapping wings that are powered by a set of artificial muscles that ...

Tiny flying robots may soon help rescue people trapped after earthquakes or explore dangerous, hard-to-reach places. But ...

Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a micro-flapping-wing robot that exhibits ...

If you’ve ever watched a flapping insect or hummingbird hover in place – often while engaged in other activities such as ...

Researchers have unveiled a microrobot that flies with speed and agility, mirroring the motion of real insects; these ...