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By: Ben Preiss
Robotic Fly - Spy in the Sky?
Harvard researchers have developed a robotic fly with a three centimeter wingspan that weighs only 60 milligrams. Beyond that it actually flies. The real fly was used as a model for the robot’s mechanical movements. In the future such micro fliers could be used as spies. So, if you think a room is bugged, pat down the flies and mosquitoes.
Nature makes the world's best fliers," says Robert Wood, leader of Harvard's robotic-fly project and a professor at the university's school of engineering and applied sciences.
The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency 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 says.
(technologyreview)
Read More: futurismic Via: technologyreview Posted: Jul 24, 07
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