A robot that swims like a diving bird and then flies like, well, a bird, sounds like the setup for two different machines ...

Experts spend years trying to build robotic systems that can both fly and dive.

The bird-fish hybrid could one day be used to study aquatic animals underwater and then fly back to the base with data.

Researchers have developed a new kind of robot that flies through the air, swims through the water, and transitions between the two realms.

Inspired by the physical feats of diving birds, researchers have created a robot that can plunge into the water and flap back ...

A lightweight robot modeled on diving birds can swim underwater, break through the surface, and continue flying without using ...

MIT and EPFL have jointly developed the first flapping-wing robot that can fly and dive. Scientists at the Massachusetts ...

Scientists have created a flying robot inspired by how a rhinoceros beetle flaps its wings to take off. The concept is based on how some birds, bats, and other insects tuck their wings against their ...

A teeny robot designed to replicate the wing dynamics of rhinoceros beetles could be well-suited for search-and-rescue missions, as well as spying on real insects, according to researchers at ...

Most robots depend on controlled environments, because the real world is hard to get around in. The smaller the robot, the bigger this problem because little wheels (or legs) can take only little ...