Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, have just unveiled the world’s smallest flying robot. With a wingspan of just 9.4 millimeters and weighing 21 milligrams — smaller than a grain ...

Tiny flying robots could perform ... In the new design, each of the four units has a single flapping wing pointing away from the robot’s center, stabilizing the wings and boosting their lift ...

and while that sounds impressive the robot’s insect-like design and sudden switch to flying can definitely scare anyone. LEO is short for LEONARDO which is again short for LEgs ONboARD drOne.

iRonCub has been developed by researchers at the Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), and it’s been some five years in the making for this Iron Man-like flying robot. The idea behind iRonCub ...