Grasshopper wing structure inspires design of gliding robot wings
January 07, 2026
January 07, 2026
CHAMPAIGN, Illinois, Jan. 7 -- The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign campus issued the following news:
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Grasshopper wing structure inspires design of gliding robot wings
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A collaboration between Princeton University engineers and entomologists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign began with the researchers chasing grasshoppers in a hot parking lot. Their eventual focus on the hindwings of one species of gra . . .
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Grasshopper wing structure inspires design of gliding robot wings
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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. A collaboration between Princeton University engineers and entomologists at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign began with the researchers chasing grasshoppers in a hot parking lot. Their eventual focus on the hindwings of one species of gra . . .