Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. The design theory behind a pair of tiny insect-inspired obots may ...

PULLMAN, Wash. — Two insect-like robots, a mini-bug and a water strider, developed at Washington State University, are the smallest, lightest and fastest fully functional micro-robots ever known to be ...

Shape-morphing, insect-scale robots that feature an origami-inspired design and eight independently actuated degrees of freedom, powered by custom piezoelectric actuators for enhanced mechanical ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. One robot weighs 55 milligrams, while its parter is just 5 milligrams. Developed by a team of WSU researchers and recently ...