Many readers will remember the MetaFly, a remote-control robotic insect that flies by actually flapping its wings. Well, its ...

A robot with bird-like legs that can walk, hop, leap and jump for take-off into flight has been designed in Switzerland in an engineering breakthrough that could enable aircraft to operate in ...

A few facts about ostriches: It took just a few million years for terrestrial birds to refine their bipedal locomotor technique. Having mastered the ability to walk and run on two rear limbs, these ...

Robots modeled after the characters in the popular mobile game Angry Birds were controlled over Wi-Fi at the Beijing International High Tech Expo this week. To see the robots in action, watch them on ...