American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new type of robotic insect that can ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the USA have developed a new type of robotic insect that ...

Despite the team’s improvements, the robotic insects still cannot match the capabilities of natural pollinators. However, the researchers aim to improve the robots’ flight time and precision to enable ...

Can small insect-like robots save us? The world is witnessing an intriguing intersection of biology and robotics with the development of insect- or bee-like robots. These tiny marvels aim to ...

But when it comes to endurance, speed, and agility, natural pollinators like bees are superior to even the best bug-sized robots. To address challenges in robotic insect design, researchers ...

Yet even with these design innovations, there is still a gap between the best robotic insects and the real thing. For instance, a bee has only two wings, yet it can perform rapid and highly ...

The research, published in the journal Science Robotics, offers hope to farmers who may one day grow fruits and vegetables inside multilevel warehouses using insect bees to boost yields.

A miniature flying robot has been developed to approach flowers like a living bee and act as a pollinator to transfer pollen. It is close in size to an insect but as agile as recreational drones ...

A biotech company from Caernarfon has expanded into the Middle East for the first time after appointing a new distributor, ...

and the development of tiny robotic pollinator "bees" could be a key to success. Photo courtesy of Oasis Biotech/U.S. Department of Agriculture ...