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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

I stared at that corner. I imagined the abyssal depths it hinted at, the monsters lurking in that lightless world. Horrors ...

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 ...

Smaller than a human thumb and weighing less than a paperclip, the so-called hopping robot features a springy leg that helps ...

Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say.

Pueblo County CSU-Extension Office horticulture specialist Amanda Weidner writes about insects that are your allies in the ...