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Here is very a simple and easy way to make your own insect robot. You can easily change the shape of legs and see different funny and interesting movements of the bug robot. Follow the video add your idea on top of it and make yourself.
A robot generally is very difficult in structure. It has complex mechanical parts, electronic and sensor circuit boards, firmware and software. Therefore difficult to make at home yourself and students loose interests on it. That is why made this video of insect robo toy to grow the interest in Robotics among the armature and students.

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It is a simple Robot Insect toy, making with cell phone vibrating motor and 1.5v battery.

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In this tutorial, I'll be showing you step by step process to make a simple six legged walking insect robot.

Parts needed to build this one:

Ice cream/popsicle stick
Paper clips
Drinking straw
Gear motor
Terminal block
Bolts, nuts and locknuts
Wire
Double sided tape
Black electric tape (optional)

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JumpRoACH : A Milli-Scale Height-Adjustable Jumping Mechanism and Its Application to Jumping-Crawling Robot (ICRA 2016)

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Credit: (video footage) Toshiyuki Nakata, Nathan Phillips, Patrício Simões, Ian J. Russell, Jorn A. Cheney, Simon M. Walker, Richard J. Bomphrey; (music) Pond5

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EECS Colloquium
Wednesday, March 17, 2021
4:00​​​ - 5:00 pm

Sawyer B. Fuller
Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
University of Washington, Seattle

Abstract:
Sub-gram (insect-sized) robots have enormous potential that is largely untapped. From a research perspective, their extreme size, weight, and power (SWaP) constraints also forces us to reimagine everything from how they compute their control laws to how they are fabricated. These questions are the focus of the Autonomous Insect Robotics Laboratory at the University of Washington. I will discuss potential applications for insect robots and recent advances from our group. These include the first wireless flights of a sub-gram flapping-wing robot that weighs barely more than a toothpick. I will describe efforts to expand its capabilities, including the first multimodal ground-flight locomotion, the first demonstration of steering control, and how to find chemical plume sources by integrating the smelling apparatus of a live moth. I will also describe a backpack for live beetles with a steerable camera and conceptual design of robots that could scale all the way down to the "gnat robots" first envisioned by Flynn & Brooks in the 80's.

Biography
Sawyer Fuller creates biologically-inspired sensors, control systems, and mechanical designs targeted at insect-sized air and ground vehicles, and investigates the flight systems of aerial insects. He completed his Ph.D. in Biological Engineering at the California Institute of Technology and B.S. and M.S. degrees in Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and postdoctoral training at Harvard. His work at the intersection of robotics and biology has appeared in Science and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

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Robots built by engineers at the University of California San Diego helped achieve a major breakthrough in understanding how insect flight evolved, described in the Oct. 4, 2023 issue of the journal Nature. The study is a result of a six-year long collaboration between roboticists at UC San Diego and biophysicists at the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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The latest research shows we’ve long underestimated the intelligence of insects. Bumblebees, for example, succeed at behavioral tests also passed by intelligent crows. They use tools to reach nectar in an artificial flower.Behavioral biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts is amazed at the paper wasp’s capacity to learn and understand. "They may not be universal geniuses like artists, but they’re brilliant in their fields,” says the researcher at the University of Michigan. The animals can memorize faces, eavesdrop on fighting rivals to assess potential opponents and think strategically. They can master brain teasers that even small children can’t solve.Bumblebees, along with their relatives bees and paper wasps, are just three of almost a million insect species worldwide. But when it comes to these species, science agrees that the image of robotic creatures with no intelligence, that only exist to eat, be eaten or produce offspring, is outdated.Below, above and alongside us live tiny animals capable of learning and acting with intelligence. They are able to store images, shapes, colors and experiences in their brains. For a long time, it was generally believed that intelligent behavior in insects was superfluous, as most only live for a few weeks.Earwigs live for about a year; as babies, their mothers apparently teach them how to nurture their own brood. What’s even more surprising: insects from the same clutch can develop different personality traits. In horseradish flea beetles, for example, some are braver than others. And, as evolutionary biologist Elizabeth Tibbetts says: "Paper wasps are as bitchy as the protagonists of Game of Thrones." The animals plot, betray colleagues and fight to the death to be queen.The insect world is much more complex than previously thought. One reason is that any species with a wide range of diverse individuals can better adapt to climate changes - an evolutionary advantage for survival.

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MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains while using far less energy than an aerial robot of comparable size. This tiny, hopping robot can leap over tall obstacles and jump across slanted or uneven surfaces carrying about 10 times more payload than a similar-sized aerial robot, opening the door to many new applications.

"Hopping gives this tiny robot a leg up"
MIT engineers developed an insect-sized jumping robot that can traverse challenging terrains and carry heavy payloads.

by Adam Zewe | MIT News
April 9, 2025

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