Sensors for bat-inspired spy plane under development

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Engineers envision a six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat that could gather data and send it back to soldiers in real time. Credit: Eric Maslowski research computer specialist in the University of Michigan 3D Lab
Engineers envision a six-inch, robotic spy plane modeled after a bat that could gather data and send it back to soldiers in real time. Credit: Eric Maslowski, research computer specialist in the University of Michigan 3D Lab

A six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.


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