Insect-sized bot is first to both fly, land
RoboBee uses static electricity to stick to surfaces
![robotic perching insect](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/051916_mr_robot_feat_free.gif?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
STATIC CLING A sticky electroadhesive patch lets this tiny flying RoboBee (motion slowed to one-eighth real time) cling to the underside of a leaf and use far less energy than it uses flying.
Carla Schaffer/AAAS