Inspired by the biology of a bee, researchers at the Wyss Institute are developing RoboBees, manmade systems that could perform myriad roles in agriculture or disaster relief.

RoboBee is a tiny robot capable of partially untethered flight, developed by a research robotics team at Harvard University. The culmination of twelve years of research, RoboBee solved two key technical challenges of micro-robotics.

6 days ago · 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? A storied engineering achievement by the Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory, the RoboBee is now outfitted with its most reliable landing gear to date, inspired by one of nature’s most graceful landers: the crane fly.

5 days ago · RoboBee was able to safely land on the second leaf (or similar uneven surfaces) over repeated trials with varying parameters. Going forward, Wood's team will seek to further improve the mechanical ...

5 days ago · "RoboBee is an excellent platform to explore the interface of biology and robotics," Hernandez said. "Seeking bioinspiration within the amazing diversity of insects offers us countless avenues to ...

2 days ago · RoboBee gets better at landing. Landing has been problematic for the RoboBee partly because of how small and light it is. The robot weighs just a tenth of a gram and has a wingspan of 3 cm. Previous iterations suffered from significant ground effect, or instability as a result of air vortices from its flapping wings.

5 days ago · It was applied to Harvard’s RoboBee – a tiny flapping-wing robot. “RoboBee is an excellent platform to explore the interface of biology and robotics,” said Alyssa Hernandez, co-author.

1 day ago · Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing.

4 days ago · The RoboBee sporting its crane-fly-inspired legs – future versions of the robot may find use in search and rescue operations, or the pollination of crop plants Harvard John A. Paulson School of ...

Jun 26, 2019 · At the core of the RoboBee is a flapping-wing system made of a composite material and constructed using a process known as laser machining. This process has been a hallmark of...