A moth antenna is attached to tiny wires in an arc sharp on a drone at the University of Washington. (UW Photo / Mark Stone) University of Washington researchers continue to push the boundaries ...

One huge advantage of drones is that these little robots can go places where people can't, including areas that might be too dangerous, such as unstable structures after a natural disaster or a region ...

NAGANO, Japan >> Researchers in Japan have developed an odor-detecting drone that uses antennae taken from insects. The “insect drone” can autonomously find its way to the source of an odor. The ...

We have sensitive, effective, and broad-range sensors for real-world stimuli such as sound, light/images, and touch/pressure/force, but corresponding sensors for odors still elude us. There’s no ...