The robot flaps its wings like butterflies

US scientists are studying how to flap wings of butterflies from one flower to another to teach a new generation of robots the size of a small insect.

According to Eco.ria , the research is based on an order from the US Department of Defense to produce micro-vehicle vehicles for reconnaissance, search and rescue, as well as testing. environmental investigation.

Researcher Tiras Lin, a member of the project, said: "In order to carry out military operations, the MAV must master the terrain of a city, narrow and flying in light air, the tiny robot must be extremely clever, flexible, smart enough to meet the requirements.

These flying robots will have many practical applications.

According to him, to teach the MAV movement both fast and accurately in space, they have to study very meticulous flight mechanism of butterfly wings. They use the most modern cameras to analyze the movement of the butterfly wings while riding a flower with maximum precision. The shooting speed of the camera must be up to 3,000 'sharp' 1 magepixel frames per second to meet the requirement (for comparison, it is a normal camera shooting only 24, 30 and 69 images in 1 seconds).

"We had to use a high-speed camera because every twenty seconds we waved our wings."

The scientists placed the cameras in front of a transparent screen and then dropped butterflies. When the butterfly flies into the 'viewfinder' of the three cameras located at three different angles, it will turn on the machine to capture about 6,000 images in all three dimensions of the new space to analyze the flight mechanism of the butterfly. Butterfly wings are very small in mass so its inertia does not affect flight.

Sophisticated research by Johns Hopkins University scientists will lead to the birth of a new generation of robots that have not figured out their applications but are intended for military use.