A half-millimeter size robo-flea standing on the edge of a coin (Northwestern University) (CN) — It’s the stuff of science fiction movies — or perhaps nightmares. Engineers at Northwestern University ...

A group of Northwestern University engineers have developed the smallest-ever remote-controlled walking robot. The crab robot is just a half-millimeter wide, which is narrower than a US coin, but can ...

Ever see a bug and then can’t shake the feeling that something is crawling on you? Apologies in advance, but this article may give you that sensation. Scientists invented the world’s smallest ...

Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these ...

Funded by the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, the Sand Flea is an 11-pound robot that can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the ...

Scientists at an Italian university have come up with a pollution-detecting robot that jumps around like a flea. The palm-sized device was developed with its bug-like abilities to enable it to move ...