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Tiny Flying Robots

Robot- Is it Future Man?

Robots are such a amazing discovery

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  • June 2008

    • Army to Speed High-Tech Gear Into Combat

      Popular Mechanics  |  Jun 27, 08 2:33 PM CDT

      Army to Speed High-Tech Gear Into Combat

      (Newser) - The US Army has moved up the timetable for its high-tech weapons program, hoping to get new devices into the field by late 2010, 5 years ahead of its original schedule, Popular Mechanics reports. It’s also shifting focus away from conventional warfare tech like tanks and artillery and toward the communications and unmanned vehicles, including robots, infantry in Iraq and Afghanistan covet. More »

    • Robot Drones Have 'Changed War' in Iraq, Afghanistan

      Newsweek  |  Jun 5, 08 4:51 PM CDT

      Robot Drones Have 'Changed War' in Iraq, Afghanistan

      (Newser) - At the outset of conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) were little more than nifty, if sometimes helpful toys. They’ve since cemented a key role in US operations, Newsweek reports. Now hundreds of drones, some as small as model airplanes, keep an unblinking eye on militant movements, relaying images instantly to field commanders’ laptops. One battalion commander says 90% of his "kills" have been aided by UAVs. More »

  • May 2008

    • Robot follows in cricket's footleaps

      World Science  |  May 21, 08

      A new, grasshopper-inspired ro­bot that weighs little more than a me­di­um-sized coin and can jump more than 27 times its body size.These jumpers could be fit­ted out with ti­ny sen­sors to ex­plore dif­fi­cult ter­rain or to aid in search and res­cue opera­t­ions, the de­vel­op­ers said.About the size of a loc-ust, this tiny robot can jump 27 times its own size. Their mech­an­ism “is un­ique be­cause it al­lows mi­cro-ro­bots to trav­el over many types of rough ter­rain where no oth­er walk­ing or wheeled ro­bot could go,” said de­vel­op­er Da­ri­o Flo­re­ano of the Fed­er­al Pol­y­tech­nic School...

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This undated handout photo provided by the journal Science shows cockroaches and robots interacting for common shelter selection. Tiny robots programmed to act like cockroaches were able to join and participate...   (AP Photo)
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