Bittle X turns robotics into an accessible, hands-on learning experience. Students or hobbyists can assemble it, program it ...

SOMERVILLE, Mass.-- In future wars, robots may drop from the sky by the hundreds from unmanned aircraft, swarming like giant insects over battlefields in coordinated, terrifying assaults. But that is ...

Black Hornet Nano - known as just 'Black Hornet' - is one of the smallest types of surveillance drones created by Teledyne.

Sean Humbert is unlocking the biological secrets of the common housefly to make major advances in robotics and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). A professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical ...

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 make ...

Congress is worried that robot dogs with machine guns will be bounding onto the battlefield in the near future. During last week’s debate over the annual defense authorization bill, House lawmakers ...

About five years ago, a bizarre idea occurred to me. At the time, I was designing complex electronic circuits to mimic a small portion of an insect brain. These circuits would be created on a tiny ...

Ottawa, Oct. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- According to Statifacts, the global military robot market size was valued at USD 23,940 million in 2024 and is predicted to be worth around USD 44,520 million ...

Engineers have studied how insects navigate, for the purpose of developing energy-efficient robots. With a brain the size of a pinhead, insects perform fantastic navigational feats. They avoid ...

Video from the Ukrainian military's first-person drones has captivated millions, but the footage offers only a narrow view of ...

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

A bee-like robot currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is part of a new generation of bots inspired by creepy crawlies. The machine, which weighs less than a ...