Engineers from the University of Washington have created the first wireless insect-size robot, powered by a laser beam. Until now, robotic flying insects were hard-wired to an external power source ...

Researchers have developed a novel insect-inspired flying robot. Experiments with this first autonomous, free-flying and agile flapping-wing robot promise to improve our understanding of how fruit ...

When my house suddenly filled with flies two years ago, I didn’t know how to handle the problem. I made sure every screen was secure, thoroughly cleaned my house to make sure there was nothing out to ...

Living in the blissfully quiet countryside brings many blessings, but the abundance of flying insects is not one of them. That is why I am hoping the bestselling Zevo Flying Insect Trap from Amazon is ...

Four years ago we told you about the MetaFly, a remote-control flapping-wing flying model insect made by French startup Bionic Bird (which did previously release a model bionic bird). Well, the ...

Engineers have created RoboFly, the first wireless flying robotic insect. RoboFly is slightly heavier than a toothpick and is powered by a laser beam. Insect-sized flying robots could help with ...