Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains speed, control, ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, ...

Modeled after a mini-bug and a water strider, the two bots respectively weigh in at eight and 55 milligrams, and may mark the “smallest, lightest, and fastest fully functional” micro-robots in ...

Washington State University has developed two insect robots, a mini-bug and a water strider. The micro-sized robots were created with the hope that thy could one day carry out human roles in ...

Ripple bugs’ nimble movements on the surface of water inspired a robot with automatically unfurling fans on its feet.

A new study explains how tiny water bugs use fan-like propellers to zip across streams at speeds up to 120 body lengths per second. The researchers then created a similar fan structure and used it to ...

Technology Robots Mini explosions give this little robot a big bounce The bug-inspired bot can carry 22 times its own weight and leap almost as high as hopping insects. By Andrew Paul ...

AI development company Hugging Face has expanded its presence in robotics by launching two open-source humanoid robots. The release of HopeJR and Reachy Mini marks a significant step in the ...