By studying how grasshoppers glide and fold their wings, researchers are finding new ways to extend flight time for ...

Tiny flying robots have always faced a brutal trade-off between agility and battery life, burning through power just to stay ...

While much insight has been gleaned from how grasshoppers hop, their gliding prowess has mostly been overlooked. Now ...

Princeton engineers investigated the secret to grasshoppers' efficient gliding, inspiring a new approach for robotic flight.

Grasshopper’s gangly, awkward flight could solve the biggest power problems in robotics. Standard micro-bots are modeled ...