Hassas esnek Antenli robot böcekler-Researchers have developed a flexible, sensor-laden artificial antenna to help a robotic “bug”

Araştırmacılar karanlıkta veya dar, ulaşılamaz yerlerde kullanılmak üzere yeni bir sensör geliştirdiler.  Bu sensör,  böceklerdeki gibi hassas antenler şeklinde tasarlanmıştır. 

Researchers have developed a flexible, sensor-laden artificial antenna to help a robotic “bug” move and navigate just like the common cockroach. The bug can curry along walls, turn corners, avoid obstacles, and feel its way through the dark. In rescue operations, such robots could be sent to explore collapsed buildings and other situations that could pose hazards or just be inaccessible to humans.

Johns Hopkins researchers have adapted a commercial robot for their experiments with cockroach-inspired technology. Here, the robot uses an earlier version of the antenna to “feel” its way along a wall. (Photo by Will Kirk / Courtesy of Johns Hopkins University)