Solar-Powered Insect Robot Achieves First Wireless Flight
ID_R_McGregor · x · 2026-07-14
A Harvard team developed an insect-sized flying robot weighing 259 milligrams that can hover using only sunlight, without batteries or cables.
Featuring an X-shaped four-wing structure flapping 170 times per second, it is described as the world's first successful completely wireless flight. The post highlights this micro flying robot's breakthroughs in energy and scale.
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