Scientists in the United States succeeded in creating the smallest robots in the world to successfully fly and maneuver it nimble in the air. The fly-sized robots created by scientists from Harvard University. This robot is called "robo - fly," and is made of carbon fiber, with a weight of "only" 85 milligrams and has a super- fast electronic muscle as a its wing power.
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| Robo-Fly, the world's flying robot from Harvard University. (Picture from: http://www.bbc.co.uk/) |
The developers robo- fly at Harvard University, said that such tiny robots may be used for a number of rescue operations, such as looking for survivors at the collapsed buildings. "The little robot as it can be used in the rescue operation," said Dr. Robert Wood, one of the robot creators, as quoted by the BBC on May 2, 2013.
With its small size , the robot is able to navigated through small spaces in the collapsed buildings. However, for electric power, the robot still has no independent power source. "It took several more years before the robo-fly is able to carry its own power source," he added.
Another specialty of the robo-fly with the fly agility that resemble flies, that allowing robo-fly avoid humans punch. To achieve speeds as usual wing flies, the researchers used a special substance called piezoelectric.
When flying the flies flap their wings about 500 times per second. Previously, none of the man-made machine that has incredible speed like that. If anything , it would be burned and destroyed by frictional forces. *** [EKA | FROM VARIOUS SOURCES | BBC]
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