For billions of years, nature has been the world’s master engineer. Natural evolution has created impressive, sometimes ...

The concept of walking on water captivates the imagination, evoking notions of miracles and enchantment. British magician Dynamo exemplified this allure in 2011 when he performed the extraordinary ...

HydroSpread, a breakthrough fabrication method, lets scientists build ultrathin soft robots directly on water. These tiny, ...

Imagine tiny robots zipping across the surface of a lake to check water quality or searching for people in flooded areas. This technology is moving closer to reality thanks to work by researchers at ...

Rhagobot isn’t exactly the first thing that comes to mind at the mention of a robot. Inspired by Rhagovelia water striders, semiaquatic insects also known as ripple bugs, these tiny bots can glide ...