Manojfdo
09-28-2009, 03:09 PM
Harvard professor Robert Wood unveiled his newest creation recently, a robotic fly that can be used as a spy, according to this posting on engadget.com. The fly weighs only .002 ounces and has a wingspan of 1.18 inches. Due to light weight carbon joints, the fly's wings beat 110 times per minute and the creature mimics the exact movements of a real fly. Funded, obvi, by the generous folks at the U.S. Defense Department, the little robo-pest has myriad possible uses like surveillance and monitoring the air for chemical agents. Wood plans to install a battery and a remote controlling device to the next version.
http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/upload/2007/08/fly_robot_x220.jpg
Wood's announcement may have come as a blow to the researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who had been trying to do the exact same thing for years. Perhaps a robotic bed bug might have some strategic and/or perverted real-world uses as well?
http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/upload/2007/08/spy%20fly2.jpg
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http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/upload/2007/08/fly_robot_x220.jpg
Wood's announcement may have come as a blow to the researchers at the University of California at Berkeley who had been trying to do the exact same thing for years. Perhaps a robotic bed bug might have some strategic and/or perverted real-world uses as well?
http://scienceblogs.com/zooillogix/upload/2007/08/spy%20fly2.jpg
REP ME IF YOU LIEK MY POST :)