Small flying robots can perch and move objects 40 times their weight with the help of powerful winches and two previous inventions – gecko adhesives and microspines. A closed door is just on... Read more
Insect-sized flying robots could help with time-consuming tasks like surveying crop growth on large farms or sniffing out gas leaks. These robots soar by fluttering tiny wings because they a... Read more
Georgia Institute of Technology researchers have created a team of free-flying robots that obeys the two rules of the air: don’t collide or undercut each other. They’ve also built autonomous... Read more
After studying how insects navigate through dense vegetation, researchers at Lund University in Sweden have come up with a system that can be applied to flying robots. By adapting the system... Read more
Up, up in the sky: It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s a . . . jellyfish? That’s what researchers have built — a small vehicle whose flying motion resembles the movements of those bo... Read more
New systems could improve the vision of micro aerial vehicles Aerial robotics research has brought us flapping hummingbirds, seagulls,bumblebees, and dragonflies. But if these robots are to... Read more
Able to perform duties such as surveying disaster sites, establishing wireless communications relays, or even building structures When we last heard from the University of Pennsylvania... Read more
For military missions in particular, these MAVs must be able to fly successfully through complex urban environments To improve the next generation of insect-size flying machines, Johns Hopki... Read more
A fleet of quadrocopters building a six meter-high tower We were pretty impressed by the potential of these flying robots when we first covered this story in late November. Now the FR... Read more