This robot, which weighs just 18 grams (less than an ounce), is inspired by rhinoceros beetles. Also developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, it can deploy its wings to fly ...

Gravish and colleagues built a short, stocky robot — about 30 centimeters wide and 20 centimeters long — with four wavy, telescoping limbs. Each limb consists of six nested concentric tubes ...

The robot’s ability to amputate its own limbs is thanks to specially formulated joints. These joints are made of a substance that holds them together with a rubbery consistency when at room ...

In a laboratory in Connecticut, a palm-sized silicone robot scrunches up its body to inch forward in a caterpillar-like motion. A brick tips over onto its leg, trapping it as it struggles to move ...