A half-millimeter size robo-flea standing on the edge of a coin (Northwestern University) (CN) — It’s the stuff of science fiction movies — or perhaps nightmares. Engineers at Northwestern University ...

Scientists at an Italian university have come up with a pollution-detecting robot that jumps around like a flea. The palm-sized device was developed with its bug-like abilities to enable it to move ...

A group of Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot. The crab robot is just a half-millimeter wide, which is narrower than a US coin, but can ...

Ever see a bug and then can’t shake the feeling that something is crawling on you? Apologies in advance, but this article may give you that sensation. Scientists invented the world’s smallest ...

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 ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...