MIT’s Tiny Flying Robot Just Learned To Move Like a Real Insect

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By Adam Zewe, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 21, 2026

Moving with the speed and agility of an insect, the tiny robot could someday assist in search-and-rescue missions.

After an earthquake, survivors can become trapped beneath piles of unstable debris where conventional rescue robots are too large to enter. Tiny flying machines modeled on insects could one day move through these narrow gaps while avoiding fixed barriers and falling rubble.

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