Robot Bees Can Send to Mars

Robot Bees Can Send to Mars

NASA decided to fund a team of researchers from the University of Alabama and a team from Japan that are planning to create a new type of research on the Red Planet. The project received an amount of $ 125,000, which should be spent on the creation of a swarm of robot bees. They will be able to fly in a thin Martian atmosphere and receive information on their sensors.

The NASA rover project has been very successful, but there is one limitation - the slowness of movement over land. Because of this, it is difficult to explore a large area. But a swarm of robot bees will be able to explore the terrain from various points of view.

NASA representatives described the technology with the size of a bumblebee, but large wings. The Japanese group has already demonstrated a model with flapping wings. It is also planned to use a landing gear that will serve as a hive. Robots will arrive for charging and use Wi-Fi for data transfer. Of course, all these are just plans and we have one of 25 research projects on the study of Mars, which are still in the first stage. Now technicians will need to prove that their robot bees will be able to fly in Martian conditions, as well as test the functionality of the sensors. You will also need to create a tool for cleaning the wings and the body from dust.

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