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Robotic Insects
Robot Insects
Insects have come up with many interesting solutions for the problems that future robots will have to deal with like cooperation, specialized movement and adapting to changing environments. Researchers creating advanced robots are incorporating examples found in nature into their designs.
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07.11.10
Please send Vidoes of How to make Small Insect Robot.
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Robot Insect Articles, Blogs and Web Sites
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| Title | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Hop, jump and stick | EPFL | 06/10 |
| Flying Friends or Privacy Pests? | FFA Article | 05/09 |
| Tiny robot replicates grasshopper's long leaps | CBC News | 05/08 |
| Long Island Hawk Attacks WowWee Dragonfly | GearLog | 02/08 |
| Researchers Create Robot Driven by Moth's Brain | PhysOrg | 11/07 |
| Dragonfly or Insect Spy? | Washington Post | 10/07 |
| Robotic Insect Takes Off - Researchers have created a robotic fly for covert surveillance. | Technology Review | 07/07 |
| Giant cockroach robot | Gizmodo | 06/07 |
| Bugging Out on Homeland Security | PopSci | 03/07 |
| Not Your Grandma’s Robot | The Harvard Crimson | 02/07 |
| Robot bug walks on water | Science Daily | 06/06 |
| Cockroach-Like Robot | PhysOrg | 09/04 |
| Cockroach robot needs a brain | ABC | 08/04 |
| Flying robotic insect slated to explore Mars | EE Times | 01/02 |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Micromechanical Flying Insect | UC Berkeley |
| Harvard Microrobotics Lab | Harvard |
| Harvard Microrobotic Fly | YouTube Video |
| Cockroach inspired robot | Case Western Reserve University |
| Robot Ant | Case Western Reserve University |
| Micro-Cricket Series Robots | Case Western Reserve University |
| Morphing Micro Air and Land Vehicle | Case Western Reserve University |
| Entomopter | Georgia Tech Research Institute |
| Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot | Concept Lab |
| Cricket Lab | University of Edinburgh |
| Robot Cricket | Cornel |
| Robot Bee | Alice |
| Swarmbots | European Commission |
| LEGO Robot Ant | Richard P. Taylor |
| MIT Robot Ants | James McLurkin |
| Insect sized MAV | FIT |
| Flapping Wing MAV | Dr. Kevin D. Jones |
| Ornithopters | Retail site |
| Title | Description |
|---|---|
| Robotic Insects | Article by ffa Photo from Harvard Microrobotics Lab |
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