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Researchers at the Freie Universität Berlin have developed a robot that mimicks the dances of European honey bees. In this lab demonstration, a robotic arm controls the bee. Read more in "Attack ...

A robotic insect with four wings is the first to be able to control itself in all three axes of movement like a bee. But landing on the ceiling like a fly is still beyond its reach.

A robotic bee that can fly fully in all directions has been developed. With four wings made out of carbon fiber and mylar as well as four light-weight actuators to control each wing, the Bee++ ...

As for bees, visuals are much less important — the hive is usually quite dark inside, so they don’t rely on sight to feel at home. Instead, they look for cues like texture and smell, Barmak ...

Still, if robotic pollinators do pan out for vertical farms, they could offer multiple advantages. For one, they could reduce infections between plants because bees can spread diseases that cause ...

Other bees join in the foragers’ dances, and when enough bees are doing the same dance, they’ll fly out to find the food. “It’s a sort of opinion polling process,” Schmickl says.

advertisement 11-01-2021 WORLD CHANGING IDEAS When bees can’t pollinate a flower, this agricultural robot steps in It can be hard to get bees to do their vital work in indoor farms or greenhouses.

Caption: Bees need precise control of their flight to hover in front of flower collecting nectar and pollen. The new robot has been able to emulate this maneuverability.