WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — What can fly like a bird and hover like an insect? Your friendly neighborhood hummingbirds. If drones had this combo, they would be able to maneuver better through collapsed ...

This tiny, flying robot flaps its wings 30 times per second—just like a real hummingbird—and will one day save lives by searching for survivors in wreckage and spots not easily accessible by humans.

Remember that robotic hummingbird DARPA built? Now they’ve released a short video detailing how their pint-sized drone was developed over the course of five years ...

Years ago if you were to tell a friend about micro humming bird bots I am quite certain you would be written off as a sci fi geek with an over active imagination. And perhaps that imagion is what ...

This little remote control robotic hummingbird can fly in any direction or even hover in place. While it looks like a souped-up fishing lure, small robots like this may just be the future of combat.

A robot hummingbird is the military's latest flying spy machine, with a camera affixed to a featherweight 6.5-inch body that flies by flapping its wings. The "Nano Hummingbird" can fly just 11 miles ...

A groundbreaking study from the Institute of Science Tokyo may change the future of robotic flight control by utilizing bio-inspired wind sensing techniques. Researchers have developed a method that ...

In a quiet corner of the International Space Station, far from the bustle of experiments and Earth communications, three small robotic cubes drift through the air like hummingbirds in slow motion.

Features include robotic innovations, recycled solar panels, puffins in Maine and more! This episode of News Quiz features stories about robotic innovations, the Amazon River, mangrove trees, recycled ...