Harvard researchers have spent the retiring five yearsdeveloping a robotlike bee , and while it may never serve as a fill-in for whatever ’s pass over out colony across the country , it could dish up as an inconspicuous alternative to spy monotone . Particularly now that they ’ve figured out how to manoeuver the tiny winged bots during flight .
As is demonstrated in this high speed television , the researchers have n’t quite refined the Robobee to the percentage point where it can be controlled with the same finess as an RC helicopter . But thanks to the increase of tiny actuators turn up under its wing , after burlesque it can now slant and roll in a pre - determined direction . Which is a vast advance over old versions of the bot which wouldjust take off in random directionsand immediately doss down . Eventually the researchers hope the Robobee could be release in swarms to expeditiously pollenate a crop . But also serve as tiny drones for everything from lookup and rescue missionary work , to covert surveillance , to just continue an eye on traffic consideration . [ RobobeesviaAutomaton ]
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