A robot bird that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in an engineering breakthrough that could transform future airflight ...

The robotic legs built by Shin and his colleagues resembled a real bird’s legs quite closely. Simplifications introduced to save weight included skipping the knee joint and actuated toe joints ...

Although we've seen a number of different robotic water striders over the years, scientists are still finding clever new ...