Ripple bugs’ fan-like legs inspired engineers to build the Rhagobot, a tiny robot with self-morphing fans. By mimicking these insects’ passive, ultra-fast movements, the robot gains speed, control, ...

A new study explains how tiny water bugs use fan-like propellers to zip across streams at speeds up to 120 body lengths per second. The researchers then created a similar fan structure and used it to ...

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Scientists develop a water strider robot with fan-like feet, mimicking insects to navigate turbulent water surfaces.

Based on this principle, the researchers designed a tiny robot that accurately imitates the fan structure of a ripple bug and used 21 string-like artificial hairs. Despite its small insect-like size, ...

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Northwestern Polytechnical University, together with City University of Hong Kong and The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, on Thursday announced that it had developed the world’s first miniature soft ...