It might soon be relatively trivial to make soft robots — at least, if you have a 3D printer handy. UC San Diego researchers have devised a way to 3D-print insect-like flexible robots cheaply ...

A new, simple scanning system can create precise 3D models of insects in color. "To our knowledge, this is the first system that can capture 3D models of tiny objects," which can be as small as 0. ...

(Nanowerk News) A new type of insect-repellent delivery device has been developed by scientists from the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU). With the help of a 3D printer, the active ...

Researchers have constructed three-dimensional (3D) portraits of two 300-million-year-old insect nymphs by scanning their fossils with X-rays. The results, reported today in PLoS ONE 1, are the ...

These are combined to form one high-definition 3D model of the insect, to which a true-color photographic surface texture is applied.

Scientists have developed a cost-effective, off-the-shelf system to obtain natural-color 3D models of insects, according to results published April 23, 2014, in the open access journal PLOS ONE by ...

How do mantises see in 3D? Researchers find out by gluing tiny 3D glasses to a mantis' face and showing the insect movies.

“With 3D insect models, one can rotate and even cast different lights onto the body to have a better comparison,” says Zhang. Once the system is completed, anyone with a laptop will be able to ...

Miniature glasses have proved that mantises use 3D vision, providing a new model to improve visual perception in robots.

Researchers can also use 3D printing technology to turn 3D images into larger-than-life replicas of otherwise minuscule bugs. These physical models allow scientists to study the details of insects ...