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US San Diego’s Robotic Insects for Studying Nature

While scientists have learned a lot about nature over the past few centuries, there is still a lot to learn.…

1 year ago

This Myriapod Robot Uses Its Flexible Body for Navigation

Here is a myriapod robot that relies on variable body-axis flexibility to navigate. Developed by researchers from the Department of…

1 year ago

Insecter: Insect Tarsus-Inspired Gripper with Adhesive Pads

Here is an insect inspired robot that can grasp a wide variety of objects. Insecter is tarsus inspired robotic gripper…

2 years ago

MIT’s 0.6g Insect-like Drones

In the past few years, we have seen plenty of amazing nature inspired robots. A team of MIT researchers has…

4 years ago

RoBeetle: Beetle Robot Powered by Methanol

Insect inspired robots are nothing new. We have covered plenty of them here in the past. The RoBeetle is a…

4 years ago

ETH Zurich’s Latest Robot Moves Like a Millipede

We have seen plenty of amazing bio-inspired robots in the past few years. ETH Zurich's engineers have come up with…

4 years ago

KUBeetle-S Insect Inspired Robot Flies Up to 9 Minutes

Meet the KUBeetle-S: an insect inspired robot that can fly for up to 9 minutes. It is inspired by Allomyrina…

4 years ago

RoboFly: Robot Insect Can Drift on Water

Meet the RoboFly: an insect-sized robot that can fly and drift on water. It flaps its wing to move in…

5 years ago

DEAnsect: Soft Robotic Insect That Can Survive a Fly Swatter

Robotic insects are nothing new. We have covered a bunch of them here in the past. Researchers at EPFL have…

5 years ago

RoboBee Untethered Insect-sized Robot with Tiny Solar Cells

In the past few years, we have covered a bunch of cool insect inspired robots. Harvard researchers have built the…

5 years ago