AI and the World's Hard Problems · Theoretical computer science · ScienceDaily (AI) · 2026-09-22
MIT’s tiny flying robot gets 450% faster with AI
Insect-scale flying robots have typically been slow and limited to simple flight paths. MIT researchers developed an AI-based controller with a two-part control system that enables repeated body flips. Compared with the team's previous best results, the robot's speed rose about 450% and its acceleration about 250%, and it completed 10 somersaults in 11 seconds even under wind disturbances.