Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Over the last decade, there has been an increased interest in developing aerial robotic
platforms that exhibit grasping and perching capabilities not only within the research …

From millimeter-scale insects to meter-scale vertebrates, several animal species exhibit
multimodal locomotive capabilities in aerial and aquatic environments. To develop robots …

Millions of years of evolution have allowed animals to develop unusual locomotion
capabilities. A striking example is the legless-jumping of click beetles and trap-jaw ants …

Flying insects are able to navigate complex and highly dynamic environments, can rapidly
change their flight speeds and directions, are robust to environmental disturbances, and are …

Designing a hummingbird-inspired, at-scale, tail-less flapping-wing micro aerial vehicle
(FWMAV) is a challenging task in order to achieve animallike flight performance under the …

In this letter, we present the untethered flight of an at-scale tailless hummingbird robot with
independently controlled wings. It represents the first untethered stable flight of a two …

Physical injury often impairs mobility, which can have dire consequences for survival in
animals. Revealing mechanisms of robust biological intelligence to prevent system failure …

Small aerial robots are limited to short mission times because aerodynamic and energy
conversion efficiency diminish with scale. One way to extend mission times is to perch, as …

Insects that can perform flapping-wing flight, climb on a wall, and switch smoothly between
the 2 locomotion regimes provide us with excellent biomimetic models. However, very few …