The bioinspired device, which weighs roughly half a pound and measures around three feet wide, was also modeled after aquatic ...

MIT and EPFL researchers built an 8.8-ounce robotic bird that flies, dives underwater and launches back into the air using ...

A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...

MIT and EPFL have jointly developed the first flapping-wing robot that can fly and dive. Scientists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have, together with researchers from the École ...

Researchers have developed a new kind of robot that flies through the air, swims through the water, and transitions between the two realms.

Loons, gulls, puffins, and petrels are some of the 100 species of birds that can both fly and swim. These diving birds can plunge in water to swim after prey, and then leap back into the air to fly ...

Image courtesy by QUE.com The Paradigm Shift in Multi-Modal Locomotion The quest for versatility in robotic design has long ...

Scientists have created a flying robot inspired by how a rhinoceros beetle flaps its wings to take off. The concept is based on how some birds, bats, and other insects tuck their wings against their ...

The new robot was developed for a specific science experiment; however, the construction will have wider uses in the field of aerial robotics. The device was constructed to improve scientific ...

Different insects flap their wings in different manners. Understanding the variations between these modes of flight may help scientists design better and more efficient flying robots in the future.