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In a groundbreaking initiative, a researcher is harnessing the unique abilities of bats to develop innovative robots that mirror their appearance and behavior. This project underscores the potential ...

Bats are flying mammals. Think about that. Many millions of years after birds hollowed out their very bones in pursuit of flight, some gliding, insectivorous squirrel-thing was born with a slight ...

As the robo-bat was being developed and refined, the researchers were able to learn how all of the muscles and ligaments in the wing work together to not only enable flight, but also keep the animal ...

Scientists built a robot to help explain how a tropical bat spots insects perched on leaves using echolocation, a highly sophisticated behavior that requires precise, split-second decision making on ...

Robot bats? What sounds like a person's sci-fi nightmare could soon help those lost in the wilderness or trapped in a collapsed building. N.C. State University researchers have constructed small ...

This story is free to read because readers choose to support LAist. If you find value in independent local reporting, make a donation to power our newsroom today. One of the problems with bats, if you ...

Common big-eared bat (Micronycteris microtis) eating a freshly-caught dragonfly. Co-author Inga Geipel, a research associate at STRI, previously suggested that M. microtis detects silent prey by ...