A collaborative research group has developed a bio-inspired robotic system based on insect behavior which can locate odor ...

Flapping-wing robots that mimic the flight mechanics of birds and insects are closing the control gap with conventional ...

Robots that track smells often fail when one of their sensors breaks. Now, researchers ...

The notion of a robot ‘smelling’ its way through a complex environment has captured the imagination of scientists for years, ...

Researchers in Singapore are creating cyborg cockroaches by attaching robotic devices to Madagascar hissing cockroaches to ...

The program is led by Hirotaka Sato, a professor at NTU's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and a recognized ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tiny robots inspired by insects could soon glide across water, scouting flooded areas, monitoring pollutants, or collecting ...

Although the concept seems like something from science fiction, science is rapidly adopting it. Researchers have started ...

The 1.2 g PLioBot robot features an innovative origami design, integrating actuators for high-speed, multi-environment ...

CNN: Kathryn Daltorio, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, lends her expertise to the discussion of how scientists are learning more from insects in the development of robots, including ...

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 ...

(Left to right) NTU Research Fellow Dr Tran Ngoc Phuoc Thanh; Senior Research Fellow Dr Le Duc Long; Prof Hirotaka Sato; Research Engineers Jean Allen Academia and Mya Myet Thwe Chit; and Project ...