Nature has perfected the art of landing. From delicate flies to buzzing bees, insects navigate complex aerial maneuvers and touchdown with high precision. But for human-made flying robots, especially ...

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After 10 years of hard work, an engineering team working in Harvard University's Microrobotics Lab has completed the maiden flight of its tiny RoboBee flying robot. True, the little guy is still ...

When Robert Wood came to Harvard University 17 years ago, he wanted to design an insect-sized robot that could fly. You might wonder why anyone would ever need such a thing, but the engineering ...

Harvard scientists have invented an insect-sized robot that can launch itself into the air, hover and fly around, emitting an annoying buzzing sound – just like a real bug. As described in a paper ...

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IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. Flight muscles: piezoelectric ceramic ...

When a tiny mechanical insect achieved flight in the summer of 2012, its wafer-thin wings flapping almost invisibly at a rate of 120 times per second, it was the culmination of an ambitious ...

In the never-ending quest to make smarter robots, researchers at two United Kingdom universities have commenced on a project to harness some of the very clever attributes of the humble honeybee. In ...