RoboFly - The first crop surveying robotic insect takes off
RoboFly
The first crop surveying robotic insect takes off
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Engineers of the University of Washington designed this smallest robotic insect and they succeeded in their project.
They directed an invisible laser beam at a photovoltaic cell which is attached above the robot and converts the laser light into electricity which serves as a power source for the robot operations.
Future RoboFlies can also look forward to more advanced brains and sensor systems that help the robots navigate and complete tasks on their own, Fuller said.
These drones are helpful on surveying crops growth on large farms. They are very small in size and are cheap to make
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https://www.washington.edu/news/2018/05/15/robofly/
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@fruidaddy i didnt know about that. Yeah, its really bad hurting animals and putting their lives in danger just for experiments.
But this hunt is not from their medical department. And u should support this one, if i'm not wrong.
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Thanks for the information, I didn't know about that. Good article about it on the SeattleTimes
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Robofly is amazing tiny robot that can help to prevent our large portion of time while surveying crops like they can detect the leakage of gases in the field and notify us. They have advantgaes over drone as they can even take survey in the narrow and tight spaces where drones cannot operate. But currently they are having a problem with the electronics to ooerate the wings. Happy hunting🙂
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Am I the only one immediately thinking about that Black mirror episode? 😂
Big things come in small packages and for sure this is one of them. This Insect robot can survey without being seen or heard, quite a great spy gadget.
This is high tech and sophisticated innovation that will not only help farmers but the entire world. Food production has been gaining quite some attention from technological development and this is a good one for humanity.
As you said, the biggest advantage of these insects, they are cheap to make because they are so small, lol, but their size may also be disadvantage for explores, by the way I am sure Robofly will be very useful especially on farms.
Wow! Finally they manage to invent a small insect like robot to help with farming. I guess it can also be used for other purpose too, including spying on someone. They only cons they I am sure of is that it is lightweight and can be easily be blown off by a sudden strong gust of wind. Anyway, this is a really good hunt.
Impressive insect-sized flying robot, many possible applications as they can go everywhere with their independent flaps. Robofly can be valued during natural disasters to find survivors in inaccessible tight places. Thanks for sharing it @adnan556644
this is very interesting. what a development for the farming profession... this will have lasting and far reaching effects. this is the stuff that we saw previously only in movies! nice find!