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This bumblebee-like robot might one day pollinate plants on Mars
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers are working on a new generation of tiny bots inspired by creepy crawlies.
At Yale University, researchers developed a gecko-inspired robot that can amputate its own limbs – a capability that could be helpful in search and rescue missions in dangerous rubble, according to its creators. “Millions of years of evolution has helped to give (insects and animals) the best solution, especially for any type of locomotion,” says Hsiao, who writes the algorithms that tells the bee robots how to move. The small size of the bee and grasshopper-like robots means they could be useful for search and rescue missions or exploring places like the inside of a pipeline or a turbine engine.
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