Like a bumblebee flitting from flower to flower, a new insect-inspired flying robot created by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley, can hover, change trajectory and even hit small ...

The bumblebee-inspired robot isn’t the only robot created by UC Berkeley engineers. Lin’s team also invented “cockroach” robot that can sprint across the floor and can live even after being stepped on ...

blow flies (Calliphoridae), bee flies (Bombyliidae), hover flies (Syrphidae), noseflies (Rhinidae) and march flies (Tabanidae). Named for their distinctive hovering flight, stripey yellow-and ...