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What could be better than a jellyfish-inspired machine that swims underwater? Well, how about one that flies in the air? A group of scientists from New York University have created just such a contraption, and it could have big implications for tiny flying robots.

The Micro Aerial Vehicle Laboratory at the TU Delft faculty of Aerospace Engineering is claiming to have created the of the world's smallest autopilot module. The team's goal is to eventually create MAVs Micro Aerial Vehicles small enough to fit into your pocket.

Harvard researchers have presented video of the world's first controlled flight of an insect-sized winged robot.

A team at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a Micro Unmanned Aerial vehicle that can grab objects on the fly.

Harvard researchers are getting closer to their goal of developing a controllable micro air vehicle called the Robobee.

Scientists are working on creating a computer model of the honey bee's brain, which they hope to use in tiny autonomous flying robots.

Engineers have created a bird-like micro air vehicle that is capable of coming to a perched landing on a human hand.

Boeing has demonstrated swarm technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that is similar to the way insects communicate and work together as an intelligent group.

Researchers inspired by the wings of swifts and swftlets have developed an experimental Micro Air Vehicle which combines flapping and gliding flight modes for improved efficiency.

The veritable fly-on-the-wall spying device, deployable in the meeting rooms of enemy leaders, may be one step closer to realization thanks to a new breakthrough in our understanding of how flapping wings work.

Scientists have created an artificial honeybee eye, in hopes of applying bees' aerial navigational skills to micro air vehicles.

A newly-designed mechanism allows micro air vehicles to perch on vertical surfaces, then continue on their way.