According to the team, which previously created a tiny flying robot, the minute crabs can bend, twist, crawl, walk, turn and even jump.

Researchers have introduced a flying cart, which they deem a new cargo transport system that works based on physical human-robot interaction.

In September, a 19-year-old man was killed after he lost control of his remote-controlled model helicopter while flying it in a Brooklyn park.

Robot Hands: Now With a Softer, Gentler Touch? Alessondra Springmann has a remote-controlled glider in her garage, but you can’t control it with an iPhone (yet). Follow her and GeekTech on Twitter.

Flying robots will go where humans can't Date: September 17, 2014 Source: European Commission, CORDIS Summary: There are many situations where it’s impossible, complicated or too time-consuming ...

“This is a robot that’s completely autonomous,” said doctoral student Matthew Turpin, “and by that I mean there’s no remote control in the background.” The lab is a mechanical engineer ...