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RoboBee

Tuesday, June 7th, 2016

Flight of the RoboBee

Increasingly, researchers are designing robots with forms and functions that defy our expectation of what a machine can be or do. One of the more unexpected robotics applications in recent years comes from the National Science Foundation (NSF)-supported “RoboBees” project, which aims to create autonomous robotic insects capable of sustained, independent flight. Such robots could