Robotic insect takes to the air
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| Audience/Grade: | College Freshman-Continuing Education |
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MEMS/NEMS Mechanical Engineering |
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Chris Riley |
| Description: | " Wednesday, 11 April, 2001, 10:56 GMT 11:56 UK Robotic insect takes to the air Robotic insect prototype, BBC Prototype: 'At the same stage as the Wright brothers' By BBC Science's Dr Chris Riley Engineers have test flown a prototype of the world's first robotic insect. It is hoped that future generations of this curious craft could carry tiny spy cameras into buildings. The designers, at a California-based company called AeroVironment, have been building micro-spy planes for years. Their fixed wing "Black Widow", a tiny black pocket plane just 15 cm (6 in) in diameter, is already being used by the military for surveillance behind enemy lines. "From a hundred metres above the ground it is hardly detectable to the eye and ear and can beam back crystal clear pictures of the ground below," says project manager Matt Keennon. But the team's ultimate dream is to build something they can fly inside a building without bumping into walls." |
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| Keywords: | biomimetics biologically-inspired design robotics robotic insect |
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(c) Design a system, component, or process |
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| Publication Date: | May 2001 |
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WWW |
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Free |
| Download URL: | http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/1270306.stm |
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IEEE LOM Record |
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