Shut MIT down. We don’t need this nor anything like it. These people want the world to die so badly.
Shut MIT down. We don’t need this nor anything like it. These people want the world to die so badly.
MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented level. The new technology could increase crop yields dramatically without harming the environment.
Artificial pollination is a process through which humans manually move pollen from one flower to another, with advances such as mechanical pollination among the techniques being developed. The idea of using robot insects is not new — but a problem previous generations of bug-sized robots ran into was their lack of endurance, velocity and aerial versatility compared to bees and other real insects.
However, in a new paper published Jan. 15 in the journal Science Robotics, the team revealed that they could craft a design with features that addressed the current limitations in mechanical pollination.
The new designs can fly 100 times longer than previous versions while being lighter and housing enough storage for batteries, the scientists said. They added that the robots’ precision and agility have improved while the stress on their wing flexures normally experienced during flight has reduced. . .
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>MIT scientists are designing robotic insects that could one day swarm out of mechanical hives and perform pollination at a rapid pace — ensuring fruits and vegetables are grown at an unprecedented level. The new technology could increase crop yields dramatically without harming the environment.
>Artificial pollination is a process through which humans manually move pollen from one flower to another, with advances such as mechanical pollination among the techniques being developed. The idea of using robot insects is not new — but a problem previous generations of bug-sized robots ran into was their lack of endurance, velocity and aerial versatility compared to bees and other real insects.
>However, in a new paper published Jan. 15 in the journal Science Robotics, the team revealed that they could craft a design with features that addressed the current limitations in mechanical pollination.
>The new designs can fly 100 times longer than previous versions while being lighter and housing enough storage for batteries, the scientists said. They added that the robots’ precision and agility have improved while the stress on their wing flexures normally experienced during flight has reduced.
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They use artificial pollination in China, where it is so polluted that all the bees have died.
What a dystopian nightmare this would be, robotic insects pollinating flowers in a "dead" garden.
Personally, I prefer the bees (domesticated, wild and native) and other living insects to pollinate my garden. I have Blue Banded Bees, which are a native species that does a good job pollinating my tomatoes. The call them "buzz bees", because they grab the flower then buzz to shake off some pollen.
They use artificial pollination in China, where it is so polluted that all the bees have died.
What a dystopian nightmare this would be, robotic insects pollinating flowers in a "dead" garden.
Personally, I prefer the bees (domesticated, wild and native) and other living insects to pollinate my garden. I have Blue Banded Bees, which are a native species that does a good job pollinating my tomatoes. The call them "buzz bees", because they grab the flower then buzz to shake off some pollen.