范开国 上海理工大学:嗡嗡的美国军用昆虫机器人(Video + Text)

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Robobees: Insect-like robots are creating a buzz
Published: 07 December, 2009, 10:53
Edited: 28 February, 2010, 19:35
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如你所见,这些小家伙的用处可大了,从情报搜集到刺客暗杀无所不能,而做这些,只需要后方操作人员动动手指就行了,他们正在尝试让这些昆虫机器人自主的活动,那就更有意思了。记住,这可是2009年的新闻,如今发展到什么程度,只能比这个更强!
The US army hopes Micro Air Vehicle technology could save soldiers' lives.
Researchers at the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory at the University of Maryland are using a $12 million grant to study the way insects, birds, snakes, and bats navigate and communicate.
Their Micro Air Vehicles, or MAVs, could be used to carry out dangerous air surveillance and save lives on the ground.
Joseph Conroy, an engineer at the Maryland Lab, says, “We would like these vehicles to emulate the insects’ ability to go through an environment without hitting obstacles.”
Conroy is manning the robots for now, but he says the goal is for the MAVs to be completely independent.
“As a biologist, I am studying how insects fly in their environments,” says Jason Vance, “so that we can develop strategies by which to program these autonomous flyers to be able to respond to their environment.”
The enthusiasts are studying everything from the motion of a honeybee to the precise flapping of wings…to finally producing microchips which function just like an insect’s brain.