One of the problems with bats, if you're a robotics expert, is that they have so many joints. That's what robotics researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Caltech quickly ...

Researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute are developing tiny drones inspired by bats for search and rescue missions.

Leslie Katz led a team that explored the intersection of tech and culture, plus all manner of awe-inspiring science, from space to AI and archaeology. When she's not smithing words, she's probably ...

Drones have come a long way in a short amount of time. They now can deliver packages, help in search and rescue missions and will even slice off your finger if your happen to touch one of their ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Holy drone, Batman! Mechanical masterminds have spawned the Bat Bot, a soaring, sweeping and diving robot that may eventually fly circles around other drones. Because it mimics the ...

A Halloween event last year ended up providing inspiration for a WPI project to create a drone that operates similar to a bat ...

The Bat-Bot, developed by IST project CIRCE, can also wriggle its ears, a technique often used by bats to modulate the characteristics of the echo. CIRCE developed the Bat-Bot to closely mimic the ...

New 'Bat Bot' Robot Flies Like a Bat Engineers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have designed a robot that can fly and swoop like a bat. They hope the robot's design can help ...

Bats use a clever technique called echolocation to hunt down food in the dark, mapping their surroundings by emitting ultrasound waves from their mouths and analyzing those that bounce back.