Flying like a beetle

The flapping microrobot takes flight with passive deploying-retracting wings. Credit: 2024 EPFL/Hoang-Vu Phan

Researchers at EPFL in Switzerland have discovered that beetles’ hindwings are passively deployed and retracted, inspiring new designs for flying microrobots.

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