Springtails, small bugs often found crawling through leaf litter and garden soil, are expert jumpers. Inspired by these hopping hexapods, roboticists have made a walking, jumping robot that pushes the ...

The latest toy robot from Parrot, maker of the popular AR.Drone quadcopter, is now shipping a two-wheeled jumping robot that you control with your smartphone. WSJ Personal Tech Editor Wilson Rothman ...

Insect-scale robots can squeeze into places their larger counterparts can't, like deep into a collapsed building to search for survivors after an earthquake. However, as they move through the rubble, ...