December 28, 2009 at 16:16The Japanese created a hummingbird robot
Specialists of the Japanese University of CHIBA showed the public a promising development - a hummingbird robot.
The machine is a flyweight weighing 2.6 grams with two pairs of wings working at a speed of 30 flaps per second. The robot confidently stays in the air, easily performs aerobatics - dead loops and eights, and by 2011, according to the developers, it will also be able to hang in the air, like a living bird does.
The creation of a robo-hummingbird cost almost 200 million yen ($ 2.95 million). P
developers believe that since the machine has higher flight data than miniature helicopters, this amount is justified. In the future, the robot is supposed to be equipped with a video camera and used for reconnaissance, the pursuit of bandits, as well as the search for people under the rubble.
Unfortunately, photos of the device have not yet been able to google.
via straitstimes.com
The machine is a flyweight weighing 2.6 grams with two pairs of wings working at a speed of 30 flaps per second. The robot confidently stays in the air, easily performs aerobatics - dead loops and eights, and by 2011, according to the developers, it will also be able to hang in the air, like a living bird does.
The creation of a robo-hummingbird cost almost 200 million yen ($ 2.95 million). P
developers believe that since the machine has higher flight data than miniature helicopters, this amount is justified. In the future, the robot is supposed to be equipped with a video camera and used for reconnaissance, the pursuit of bandits, as well as the search for people under the rubble.
Unfortunately, photos of the device have not yet been able to google.
via straitstimes.com