Having a pool sounds like a dream until it's time to clean it. Between skimming leaves, removing bugs, and keeping debris from piling up, pool maintenance can quickly eat into the time you'd rather ...

Tiny robots inspired by insects could soon glide across water, scouting flooded areas, monitoring pollutants, or collecting samples, thanks to a breakthrough in soft robotics. Researchers at the ...

A new AI control system lets MIT’s tiny flying robot move with insect-like agility, boosting its speed by about 450 percent and allowing it to pull off 10 somersaults in 11 seconds. The technology ...

Harvard University technologists have designed a small aerial bot. The flying robot uses static electricity to adhere to the underside of a leaf and to rest on other materials. The flying device has ...

Robotic pool cleaners automate the process of skimming leaves, bugs, and other debris from the water's surface. Betta's solar-powered robotic skimmers are on sale during USA TODAY Shopping's Fall ...

Sean Humbert is unlocking the biological secrets of the common housefly to make major advances in robotics and uncrewed aerial systems (UAS). A professor in the Paul M. Rady Department of Mechanical ...