GRANBY, Mo. — Students in gifted education classes at Granby and Triway elementary schools will have access to robot kits this year after Anne Hansen, their teacher, received a $5,000 educational ...

Tiny robots inspired by insects could soon glide across water, scouting flooded areas, monitoring pollutants, or collecting samples, thanks to a breakthrough in soft robotics. Researchers at the ...

In an age of increasingly advanced robotics, one team has well and truly bucked the trend, instead finding inspiration within the pinhead-sized brain of a tiny flying insect in order to build a robot ...

NTU Singapore scientists have built the world’s first automated cyborg insect “factory line”. Supported by the Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), this new prototype robotic system automates ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Since Biblical times, people have been fascinated with the idea of ...

At a UC Berkeley laboratory, engineers are building cockroach-like robots with a noble purpose — search and rescue. Smaller than the palm of a hand and weighing an ounce, the robots are fast, nimble, ...

Did you envision a giant machine assembling cars, Data from “Star Trek,” C-3PO from “Star Wars” or “The Terminator”? Most of us would probably think of something massive – or at least human size. But ...

A team of engineers at the University of Maryland specializing in flight and navigation, is turning to biology for inspiration to protect troops as the military's role in international dealings has ...

Swarms of robotic insects could someday help us explore other planetary realms. A researcher at California State University, Northridge mechanical engineering professor Nhut Ho, has been awarded a ...

Many insects are powerful, agile flyers. One reason is that most have four wings, which gives them fine control over their direction of flight and their orientation through pitch, roll, and yaw ...