Free-flying robots hold great promise for a variety of terrestrial and space exploration activities, such as mapping novel environments or collecting data from inaccessible locations or from locations ...

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any previous insect-sized drone without falling apart. For tiny flying robots to ...

Robots equipped with advanced sensors, artificial intelligence, and delicate mechanisms could step in to fill this gap. Now, MIT researchers have developed small robots that can fly up to 100 ...