Are robotic bugs the future of spying? 🕵🏻
Researchers at Beihang University in Beijing spent 15 years building a micro-bot that's 2cm long and moves at ultrafast speeds with no tether.
It looks like a bug. Has legs controlled independently so it can move in any direction, make circles, adapt to obstacles. Can detect sounds. Small enough to fit inside a turbofan engine or be carried by a drone.
Of course, the spying implications are OBVIOUS. A tiny robot that moves fast, has audio sensing, fits inside machinery, and leaves barely a trace.
Theoretically deployable anywhere, ventilation systems, machinery, confined spaces. Very hard to detect.
What about other applications for these kind of robot? Emergency rescue makes sense. Inspection makes sense.
So let's hope these little bots will be adding value rather than spying on us :)
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