The "flying dragon" might make a bit of watery mess as it does its job, and not all the water it squirts will go exactly where it's needed, but on the other hand it's a clever and fun way to aerially ...

Imagine a flying dragon that doesn’t spout fire, but instead extinguishes it with blasts of water. Thanks to a team of Japanese researchers, this new kind of beast may soon be recruited to firefighter ...

The movie The Wild Robot features a robot with a quality that, in a different context, would put the audience on alert: an operating system that can convincingly mimic falling in love. The story ...

A new insect-inspired flying robot created by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets. The flying robot is less than 1 centimeter ...

TL;DR: Engineers at UC Berkeley developed the world's smallest wireless flying robot, less than 1cm in diameter and weighing 21mg. Powered and controlled by an external magnetic field, it can hover, ...

Deploying a motley crew of robots that can roll, walk and fly is a smart strategy for search-and-rescue operations. By Kurt Kleiner/Knowable Magazine Published Jul 25, 2023 9:00 PM EDT This article ...

An insect-inspired robot that only weighs as much as a raisin can perform acrobatics and fly for much longer than any ...

CES, the yearly confab for tech heads in Las Vegas, has always been a must-attend for gadget geeks — and 2025 is no exception. There are robo-vacuums and robo-lawn mowers. There are superfast phone ...