A drone inspired by bees flies 600 meters without GPS or external cameras and returns on its own, mimicking the insects’ “olfactory map” for indoor rescue missions

Tiny drones can now navigate without GPS using a bee-inspired system that uses only 42 KB of memory. See how it works.
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Scientists built bee-like smart robots that swarm using sound waves

Nature has spent millions of years perfecting teamwork. Bees swarm together in coordinated clouds. Schools of fish shift direction almost instantly. Bats and whales use sound to navigate and ...
ExtremeTech

Bee-inspired robot uses static electricity to land anywhere

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Bee-inspired navigation system lets tiny robots fly without GPS

Bee-inspired drone navigation could change how tiny robots move through greenhouses, warehouses and disaster zones. By pairing rough motion estimates with learned visual memories, Bee-Nav guides ...
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This Tiny Robot Is Part Bee, Part Crane Fly—and It Finally Has Solid Legs

Harvard's RoboBee will one day conduct artificial pollination and survey disaster zones, but first it has to stop crash landing. Reading time 2 minutes Imagine tiny robotic bees buzzing around fields ...
New Atlas

Robot bee swarms fly collision-free in close formation

We've seen some impressive nature-inspired flying bots from the creative minds at Festo's Bionic Learning Network over the years, but the autonomous BionicBee is not only the smallest so far but also ...