Researchers Create Tiny, Cicada-Like Drones to Invade Small Spaces Share beescity university of hong kongdaniel ackermandroneinsect reproductionkevin yufeng chenMusicsiyi xutechnology internetzhijian ren Screenshot: Kevin Yufeng Chen To sign up for our daily newsletter covering the latest news, features and reviews, head HERE. For a running feed of all our stories, follow us on Twitter HERE. Or you can bookmark the Gizmodo Australia homepage to visit whenever you need a news fix. When we think of drones, we imagine massive, quadrotor machines that buzz around like manic seagulls. But what if your drown was small enough to accidentally swallow? That’s what MIT Assistant Professor Kevin Yufeng Chen has built: a set of tiny drones with elastic actuators that power insect-like wings. The entire package weighs 665 mg or about the “approximately the mass of a large bumble bee,” according to Chen.