A new insect-scale robot developed at MIT is reshaping how robotics can be used in challenging environments like disaster ...

The robot’s controller allows it to adapt smoothly to different surfaces, adjusting its movements without hesitation. For ...

While jumping is less common among insect-scale robots, which usually fly or crawl, hopping affords many advantages for energy efficiency. When a robot hops, it transforms potential energy, which ...

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required ...

These grasshoppers constitute a serious insect pest problem in Wyoming and throughout the high and intermountain plains of the United States. Both ranchers and farmers historically have suffered ...

Jumping is common in the insect world, however, it’s less common when it comes to insect-scale robotics. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a tiny ...

While jumping is less common among insect-scale robots, which usually fly or crawl, hopping affords many advantages for energy efficiency. When a robot hops, it transforms potential energy ...