Thursday December 13, 2007 12:26 pm
Water Strider is Mini-Spy
Posted by Sheila Franklin Categories: Misc. Tech, Science, Videos
Carnegie Mellon University’s NanoRobotics lab has devised a robotic water strider. The insects can travel 100 body lengths per second, which would be equal to a human running 400 mph. The team uses micro-actuators and motors to create the movement so that it can walk and bounce on still water. We expect that the military will snap them up before Whammo can turn them into toys. After all, who would suspect that the enemy would place a mini recording device on a common bug?
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| NanoRobotics Lab