Robots are super interesting, but you probably shouldn’t start learning about them with a full-sized industrial SCARA arm or anything. Better to learn with something smaller and simpler to understand.

Researchers at Harvard have developed a fleet of robotic ants that mimic the self-organizing ...

When it comes to teamwork, we could all learn something from ants. These relatively simple, small-brained animals are famous ...

In a rooftop garden at Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters, a six-legged robot named Daisy is making chittering noises as it staggers on the sandy ground. Daisy, which looks like a giant bug, is part ...

A bug’s life doesn’t seem half bad, if you can overlook the super-short lifespan or the threat of getting eaten by lizards or swatted at by humans. Flying is nice, as is being able to walk on ceilings ...

Rapid declines in insect populations are leading to concerns that the pollination of important crops could soon come under threat. Tiny flying robots designed by MIT researchers could one day provide ...

(Nanowerk News) These ancient creatures can squeeze through the tiniest cracks, fit snugly into tight spaces and survive in harsh environments: There aren’t many spaces that are off-limits to an ...

Weighing less than a paper clip, they can stay aloft more than 100 times longer than previous designs. Tiny flying robots could perform such useful tasks as pollinating crops inside multilevel ...