While at the University of Oxford, Dr Windsor investigated how insects use visual information to control their flight. Using a virtual reality flight simulator for insects, the flight forces and head ...

The MIT researchers were able to significantly increase the flight time of an insect-sized flapping wing robot compared to ...

Through flight, insects colonized the planet and fostered the massive diversification of flowering plants by acting as efficient pollinators. They also enabled the evolution of other creatures ...

THIN-WALLED expansions of the tracheæ known as air sacs occur in those insects which have well-developed powers of flight. Misconception as to the function of these structures is common.

MIT researchers are developing robotic insects that could someday swarm out of mechanical hives to rapidly perform preci ...

Researchers are pulling from video games, sports broadcasting, meteorology, and even missile guidance technology to better investigate how insects have mastered flight. Amanda was an associate editor ...

With all four units in place, the new robotic insect can hover for more than 1,000 seconds, which equates to almost 17 minutes, without showing any degradation of flight precision.