For a long time, science fiction has teased us with images of humanoid robots flying through the air like superheroes in comic books. That fantasy is getting closer to coming true now. The Italian ...

The child-sized iCub robot. Image credit: Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images The iRonCub, as its name suggests, has engines on its hands and feet that will hopefully enable it to fly like Iron Man.

Aerial humanoid robots can then walk, fly, manipulate and transport objects, thus offering energetically efficient solutions to payload transportation and object manipulation," the IIT team wrote ...

New footage shows an expressionless iRonCub MK3 robot taking off using four thrusters — two where its arms should be and two in a jetpack on its back.

Imagineers discuss how they developed Stuntronics — a robot stunt double — to launch Spider-Man 65 feet into the air at Disney California Adventure. How Disney made Spiderman fly over Avengers ...

This adolescent-looking android is the first flying humanoid robot — but the internet is creeped out by how it looks. The Italian Institute of Technology (IIT) recently shared a video that ...

Mankind is decades away from taking to the skies in an Iron Man-like suit, but now that researchers at the University of Maryland have cracked the secret to building robot birds that can dive and ...

A flying robot the size of a postage stamp can hover for up to 15 minutes without breaking, and it can perform acrobatic manoeuvres. Close. Advertisement. Skip to content. Sign in.

The flying humanoid robot iRonCub gives off more than a little Iron Man vibe. iRonCub has four jet engines, and the shiny silver pants seen in the image above were used to prevent the robot from ...