Dutch scientists have developed the world’s smallest autonomous flapping drone, a dragonfly-like beast with 3-D vision that could revolutionise our experience of everything from pop concerts to ...

China's National University of Defence Technology (NUDT) has developed a mosquito-sized drone designed for covert military operations, particularly battlefield reconnaissance and intelligence ...

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, inspired by insects, now show flight skills close to the real thing. In lab ...

A German startup is engineering cyborg insects for defense purposes—but this isn’t the first time scientists have mounted cameras on creepy crawlies. Researchers control the insects by sending ...

In a nutshell: Researchers in Japan have merged robotic technology with the finely tuned senses of silk moths to create a bio-hybrid drone. By harnessing nature's expertly evolved ability to track ...