Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces

Using static electricity, RoboBees can land and stick to surfaces Boston MA (SPX) May 20, 2016 - Call them the RoboBats. In a recent article in Science, Harvard roboticists demonstrate that their flying microrobots, nicknamed the RoboBees, can now perch during flight to save energy - like bats, birds or butterflies. "Many applications for small drones require them to stay in the air for extended periods," said Moritz Graule, first author of the paper who conducted this research as a s ... more

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