Modeled after a mini-bug and a water strider, the two bots respectively weigh in at eight and 55 milligrams, and may mark the “smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional” micro-robots in ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, ...

Washington State University has developed two insect robots, a mini-bug and a water strider. The micro-sized robots were created with the hope that thy could one day carry out human roles in ...

Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains speed ...

A new study explains how tiny water bugs use fan-like propellers to zip across streams at speeds up to 120 body lengths per second. The researchers then created a similar fan structure and used it to ...

Insect "extermination" may soon involve mini robots that can befriend and lure cockroaches from their dens. Scientists in Lausanne, Switzerland, have successfully infiltrated a colony of roaches ...

Watch robots swarm to flow like water and harden like a solid China pits rival humanoids against each other in world's first 'robot boxing tournament' US Air Force wants to develop smarter mini ...