A tiny drone combines ultrasound sensing and AI to move safely through fog and darkness, reaching success rates as high as 100 percent.

Today, we're recapping some of the International Institute for Species Exploration's Top 10 New Species of 2016, and talking ...

Tiny drones could one day crawl through collapsed buildings to help find survivors after earthquakes. These micro-robots, inspired by insects, now show flight skills close to the real thing. In lab ...

Search and rescue missions often happen in areas that are difficult for humans to navigate due to extreme weather, rough terrain, or dangerous conditions like smoke or dust. A researcher at Worcester ...

If one day a swarm of small flying robots are used to search for survivors after an earthquake, credit may go to a team of Virginia Tech scientists and their study of bats. “There is a lot of interest ...