The dragonfly is quite the show off when it comes to flying. It can hover in mid-air, maneuver in all directions, and glide without so much as a beat of its wings. After succeeding in capturing the ...

Festo has created a fascinating robotic BionicOpter dragonfly that has a semi-opaque blue body and four clear wings, which beat as it flies around the room, pausing as it glides and shifts direction, ...

German manufacturing firm Festo recently resurrected a Paleozoic dragonfly. No, we’re not talking de-extinction or synthetic biology—this baby’s robotic. But at 70 cm (27 in) by 48 cm (19 in), Festo’s ...

We have featured a number of different remote control devices here on Geeky Gadgets over the years, but this newly created BionicOpter Robotic Dragonfly offers a very unique flying system. The ...

Yet more simply amazing work from the folk at Festo. A robotic dragonfly takes to the air. These folks are beyond clever. The mechanics of dragonfly flight are unique: dragonflies can manoeuvre in all ...

A German RC robot flies just like the real thing did 300 million years ago. And it’s as big as your arm. So it’s a good thing that the dragonflies we encounter today are rarely bigger than a Reese’s ...

The dragonfly is the aerial stunt of the insect world. It can hover, fly backwards and glide without moving its wings. They align their wind stroke planes to be nearly normal to the direction of the ...

The Guinness Book of World Records contains many obscure records, including “Biggest Flying Robotic Insect.” Robotics company Festo, whose U.S. headquarters is in Islandia, took that distinction in ...

Festo's BionicKangaroo from 2014. Festo's bionic robots are the equivalent of concept cars, testbeds for innovation and new ideas that could one day find their way into production vehicles.