MIT engineers developed a thumb-sized hopping robot capable of traversing rough terrain and aiding in search and rescue.

A hopping, insect-sized robot can jump over gaps or obstacles, traverse rough, slippery, or slanted surfaces, and perform aerial acrobatic maneuvers, while using a fraction of the energy required for ...

Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can't, like deep into a collapsed building to search ...

But since our spring is not quite ideal, we use a flapping mechanism to compensate for the small ... robot on different surfaces such as grass, ice, wet glass and even uneven ground. The robot had ...

No matter which one you choose ... but the bin holds weeks’ worth of dust and makes the robot basically fully autonomous. The mopping tank is small, so you’ll need to refill it with detergent ...

The bodies of two men, both experienced pilots, were finally recovered along with the wreckage of the small plane they were flying when it disappeared early last week in Western Norway. It took more ...

MIT’s new insect-sized hopping robot combines the best of both worlds. Interestingly, this hopping robot is smaller than a ...

Planetary roller screws are emerging as a critical—and costly—component in next-gen robots. China is racing ahead in ...

A flexible, semi-autonomous robot could potentially locate disaster victims trapped under rubble and deliver medication within the human body. A small, soft, and flexible robot capable of crawling ...

This dinky bot holds a spot in our best robot vacuum ranking as our top pick for small spaces – the robot is teeny tiny, but packs a good amount of power for its diminutive size. The dock is ...

But it is impressive, and we bet you’ll learn something about making this kind of robot in the video below. The pneumatic muscles are very impressive. They have eight possible positions using ...