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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…

6 years ago

Robo Firefly Insect Inspired Drone

Meet the Robo Firefly: an insect inspired drone that flaps its wing and has a built-in strobe to visualize wing…

7 years ago

DelFly Nimble: Agile Insect Inspired Robot

Meet the DelFly Nimble: a nature-inspired robot that flaps its wings and performs fruit-fly-inspired rapid banked turns. It has a…

7 years ago

RoboFly: Wireless Flying Robotic Insect

We hear about robotic insects all the time. Plenty of roboticists are exploring this area. University of Washington have created…

8 years ago

Arthrobots: Semi Soft Standing, Walking Robots

In the past few months, we have covered plenty of interesting robots. Harvard Arthrobots are inspired by spiders and other…

8 years ago

DragonflEye: Drone on Live Dragonflies

Here is a cool project that explores the idea of attaching a backpack drone to a dragonfly or other small…

9 years ago

Microrobots Pulling a 3900lb Car

It is no secret that certain insects work in groups to pull heavy things around. The same idea can be…

10 years ago

Harvard’s RoboBee Can Now Swim

Remember Harvard's RoboBee? It is a tiny robot capable of tethered flight. According to Harvard researchers, the newest version can…

10 years ago

Halluc IIχ Can Travel On Unpaved Surfaces

Meet the Halluc IIχ: a sophisticated robot that can travel on unpaved surfaces. It has 56 motors and adjusts to…

10 years ago