A recently created RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature's most graceful landers: the crane fly. The team has given their flying robot a set ...
Following successful test flights of its self-flying cargo carrier system, tech startup Xwing is hoping its innovation will revolutionize the airline industry and serve as a possible solution to a ...
Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...
Nature has perfected the art of landing. From delicate flies to buzzing bees, insects navigate complex aerial maneuvers and touchdown with high precision. But for human-made flying robots, especially ...
Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing. Reading time 2 minutes Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields ...
When there's a shortage of something, often the easiest workarounds are to either do without it, or find an apt substitute. That's a little tricky when it comes to airplane pilots. But when it refers ...
The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land? A storied engineering achievement by the Harvard ...
Changes to the Robobee -- including an additional pair of wings and improvements to the actuators and transmission ratio -- made the vehicle more efficient and allowed the addition of solar cells and ...
The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land? A storied engineering achievement by the Harvard ...