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Date posted: 20/07/2007 Harvard University in the US is the birthplace of a new breed of common housefly. Unlike all previous breeds, this one is entirely robotic, yet is not much larger than its organic counterparts. Weighing only 60 milligrams, with a wingspan of three centimetres, the tiny robot's movements are modelled on those of an organic fly. The hope is such tiny, winged automatons will be the ideal spying tools, and remote sensors. "Nature makes the world's best fliers," said Robert Wood, leader of Harvard's robotic-fly project and a professor at the university's school of engineering and applied sciences. DARPA is funding Wood's research in the hope that it will lead to stealth surveillance robots for the battlefield and urban environments. The robot's small size and fly-like appearance are critical to such missions. "You probably wouldn't notice a fly in the room, but you certainly would notice a hawk," Wood said. See the full Story via external site: www.technologyreview.com Most recent stories in this category (Artificial Intelligence): 18/04/2013: NASA's Plan to Advance Robotics by Robotically Capturing small Asteroid |
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