robot bees
07/22/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Researchers develop tiny robots that are able to blend into bee colonies and interact with them
European researchers have designed autonomous robots that will be accepted by real animals. According to a Your Is article, these robot bees and fish can investigate, understand, and even influence the animals. The robot bees will expand current understanding of pollinators, which occupy immensely important roles in the ecosystem. Bees and other pollinators support biodiversity by promoting the reproduction of […]
04/29/2018
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By Edsel Cook
Robo-bees are the reimagined rover: NASA plans to send them to Mars
NASA has got an inspiring bee stuck in its bonnet. The agency recently announced plans for a robotic bee that will be able to buzz through the thin air of Mars. If it pans out, swarms of these tiny robot drones might one day replace traditional rovers, according to a LiveScience article. Rovers are big, […]
04/10/2018
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By Ethan Huff
Walmart just filed six patents for robot bees – and it sounds like an episode straight out of Black Mirror
As honeybees and other vital pollinators continue their decline into what looks like total extinction, the Walmart corporation appears to be in the process of developing artificial bee “robots” that will presumably one day be used to pollinate plants in the absence of real bees, as well as identify crop damage and even spray pesticides. […]
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