Researchers at MIT have created a group of robotic insects that they hope to be able to use as a swarm of pollinators in the ...
Traditional drones rely on visual sensors like cameras and lasers for navigation, but these can be unreliable in harsh conditions such as low light, dust storms, ...
Researchers in Japan have developed a bio-hybrid drone using silkworm moth antennae for advanced odor sensing.
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Conventional drones use visual sensors for navigation. However, environmental conditions like dampness, low light, and dust ...
Insect-sized drones needed considerable improvement on previous designs, the team acknowledged in their paper. In a previous MIT design, the robotic insect was made from four identical units ...
When pollination through insects cannot be expected, artificial pollination by hand by humans is necessary, and the idea of using insect-sized drones for this artificial pollination has been proposed.