Nowadays, there is a growing need for flying drones with diverse capabilities for both civilian
and military applications. There is also a significant interest in the development of novel …

There are nearly a million known species of flying insects and 13 000 species of flying warm-
blooded vertebrates, including mammals, birds and bats. While in flight, their wings not only …

Flies are among the most agile flying creatures on Earth. To mimic this aerial prowess in a
similarly sized robot requires tiny, high-efficiency mechanical components that pose …

Insects perform feats of strength and endurance that belie their small stature. Insect-scale
robots—although subject to the same scaling laws—demonstrate reduced performance …

Insect-scale aerial vehicles are useful tools for communication, environmental sensing and
surveying confined spaces. However, the lack of lightweight high-power-density batteries …

As the characteristic size of a flying robot decreases, the challenges for successful flight
revert to basic questions of fabrication, actuation, fluid mechanics, stabilization, and power …

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 …

Flap**-wing micro air vehicles (FWMAVs) are a class of unmanned aircraft that imitate
flight characteristics of natural organisms such as birds, bats, and insects, in order to achieve …

Traditionally, hard or high-stiffness materials are used to achieve morphing but only with
limited magnitudes of deformation. Soft and low-stiffness materials are required to …

Research toward small, autonomous, and mobile robots is inspired by both the insects we
see around us and numerous applications, from inspection of jet engines and civil …