By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...
While much insight has been gleaned from how grasshoppers hop, their gliding prowess has mostly been overlooked. Now ...
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US engineers’ new wing design helps small robots fly longer by gliding like grasshoppers
Researchers at Princeton University have developed a new model for insect-scale robots inspired by ...
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New wing design helps tiny robots fly farther by gliding like grasshoppers
Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...
Grasshoppers may not spring to mind as paragons of graceful flight. But for a team of Princeton engineers, these gangly insects have inspired a new approach to robotic wings. Typical designs for ...
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