NANJING -- A team of Chinese scientists has created a six-legged "space mining robot" inspired by insects, which could be ...

The researchers from the China University of Mining and Technology (CUMT) drew inspiration from insect locomotion, woodpecker climbing dynamics, and origami techniques to design an innovative ...

Very few times in evolution has an animal had one very successful form of locomotion—walking—and simply added another one—flying. This means that the brains of insects must have all the ...

Motivated by this concept, we present CLARI, an insect-scale 2.59g quadrupedal robot capable of body deformation with tethered electrical connections for power and control and manufactured using ...

Many aquatic insects can be found gliding across the surface of water, but some beetles from Down Under do it upside down, clinging to the surface while submerged in the water. A study published June ...