Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobot... Read more
A new class of miniature biological robots, or bio-bots, has seen the light – and is following where the light shines. The bio-bots are powered by muscle cells that have been genetica... Read more
An international team of Seoul National University and Harvard researchers looked to water strider insects to develop robots that jump off water’s surface The concept of walking on water mig... Read more
North Carolina State University researchers have developed methods for electronically manipulating the flight muscles of moths and for monitoring the electrical signals moths use to control... Read more
The alien world of aquatic micro-organisms just got new residents: synthetic self-propelled swimming bio-bots. A team of engineers has developed a class of tiny bio-hybrid machines that swim... Read more