The Harvard RoboBee has long shown it can fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But what good is the miracle of flight without a safe way to land?

If you see a crane fly this spring (or even hundreds), don't freak out. Although they resemble mosquitos, they're just out ...

Harvard’s tiny flying robot, known as the RoboBee, has just gotten a major upgrade that makes landing much safer and smoother ...

Even if you've built one of the world's most advanced insect-inspired micro air vehicles (MAVs), it ultimately won't be that useful if it can't stick a good landing. That's why scientists at Harvard ...

A recently created RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature's most graceful landers: the crane fly. The team has given their flying robot a set ...

Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to ... at a glance, a crane fly looks like a really big mosquito. It's also sometimes ...

With crane fly-inspired enhancements, the RoboBee achieves reliable landings, which is crucial for its delicate structure and ...

As previously reported, the ultimate goal of the RoboBee initiative is to build a swarm of tiny interconnected robots capable ...