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Next-generation flying robot is inspired by small insects
A team of scientists around the world has released a number of new 'flying robot' designs, most of which are inspired by birds, bats or insects in nature.
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Aircraft like insects
A team of researchers from Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands has made a breakthrough in making flying insect flyers, called DelFly Explorer.
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Cockroaches support rescue work
Cockroaches are fitted with sensors to transmit signals and assist rescue workers at the scene of a collapsed building or disaster-stricken areas.
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The lens combines the human eye - the insect
Ohio State University engineers have developed a lens that combines the visual power of the human eye and the insect.
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US - South Korea: Deep-scatter robot development
Under the auspices of the US government, US and Korean scientists have created moving robots as worms on surfaces by bending themselves. K
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Reconnaissance aircraft flying in flocks like insects
Recently, Boeing engineers and Johns Hopkins University scientists have collaborated successfully on piloting multiple unmanned drivetrain systems at the same time.
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Airplanes are free to fly like insects
An expert team led by Professor Jun Zhang of New York University (USA) has discovered that the ability to fly in mid-air of an object may be more dependent on its weight…
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Implant machines into insects - A new future for spy technology?
Investments in research and development of a machine insect to use for the purpose of super espionage.
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Robot insects explore the environment
Researchers at Michigan Tech University are using insects to explore potentially dangerous environments before getting people there.
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Evade mosquitoes by infrared wall
Experimental physicist Szabolcs Marka is developing the idea of protecting people from mosquitoes and some insects by infrared wall.
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Robot catch insects
In the future, robotic shaped shapes can trap insects and turn them into electricity to run robots.
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Micro aircraft simulate insects
The next generation of unmanned military aircraft will be designed based on insect sensors in nature.
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Robots create energy thanks to insects and plants
EATR - hold the leaves with its robotic arm, chew with a tiny wire saw and put it into the incinerator of the steam engine that it carries to make electricity.
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The eavesdropping of the US military
Spies can immediately overhear a conversation using second-hand insects in a US-invested study ...
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The Pentagon turns insects into machines
The Pentagon is seeking the best way to stop chemical weapons attacks against the United States with a powerful 'insect machine'.