"Instead of muscles, the microbot uses a 0.6 gram motor that charges two torsion springs. With its current battery pack, it can make about 300 jumps before it needs a recharge, but the researchers envision tiny solar cells eventually helping increase its uptime. Like even tinier flea-sized microbots developed at Berkeley, insect-like bots could be used in swarms to act as exploring or sensing agents in areas where humans would rather not tread."
From an engineering standpoint - it's great!
ReplyDeleteFrom a governmental standpoint - I'm scared...