MIT scientists are developing robotic insects that can help with pollination, potentially boosting crop production without ...

Working in pairs, they could create a series of cards depicting pollination, which their partner then has to sequence. This film will be relevant for teaching Science/Biology at Key Stage 1 and ...

Human impacts go beyond fragmentation of habitat to other modifications. We are interested in how anthropogenic impacts from farming to logging to cattle grazing affect bee communities and pollination ...

The idea of robots as pollen carriers is not entirely new. The robots reportedly developed earlier were not durable and ...

Orchid bee pollination walks are a one-of-a-kind experience that immerses you in the world of orchids and their enigmatic ...

MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented ...

Scientists with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology say a new breed of tiny flying robots that weigh less than a gram ...

like assisted pollination," says Kevin Chen, an associate professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), head of the Soft and Micro Robotics Laboratory within ...

Insect-pollination of flowering plants is responsible for the majority of the world’s flowering diversity and is an essential part of plant reproduction. Flowers have bright colours, smells and ...

American scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have created a new type of robotic insect that can ...

When the bee flies off and lands on another orchid it deposits the pollen, allowing the flowers to reproduce. Despite the elaborate deception, bee orchids also engage in self-pollination, transferring ...