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World's tiniest wireless flying robot
Ferrari Press Agency
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01/04/2025
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Pictures must credit: Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering
A tiny new bumblebee—inspired flying robot less than 1cm wide has been developed to one day pollinate crops — and it is powered by just a couple of batteries.
It weighs only 21 milligrams and is claimed to be the world’s smallest wireless robot capable of controlled flight.
Like a flying insect, it can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets.
It was created by engineers at the USA’s University of California, Berkeley.
For a robot to fly, it must be equipped with a power source, like a battery, and electronics for flight control, both of which can be challenging to integrate into very small, lightweight devices.
To overcome this issue, researchers used an external magnetic field to power the device and control the flight path.
The robot is shaped like a small propeller and includes two small magnets.
Under the influence of an external magnetic field, these magnets are attracted and repelled, causing the propeller to spin and generating enough lift to raise the robot off the ground.
The flight path can be precisely controlled by modulating the strength of the magnetic field.
The next largest robot with similar flight capabilities is 2.8 cm in diameter, nearly three times as large.
OPS: The bumblebee-inspired tiny flying robot compared to a US one cent coin
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World's tiniest wireless flying robot
Ferrari Press Agency
Flying bot1
Ref 16686
01/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering
A tiny new bumblebee—inspired flying robot less than 1cm wide has been developed to one day pollinate crops — and it is powered by just a couple of batteries.
It weighs only 21 milligrams and is claimed to be the world’s smallest wireless robot capable of controlled flight.
Like a flying insect, it can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets.
It was created by engineers at the USA’s University of California, Berkeley.
For a robot to fly, it must be equipped with a power source, like a battery, and electronics for flight control, both of which can be challenging to integrate into very small, lightweight devices.
To overcome this issue, researchers used an external magnetic field to power the device and control the flight path.
The robot is shaped like a small propeller and includes two small magnets.
Under the influence of an external magnetic field, these magnets are attracted and repelled, causing the propeller to spin and generating enough lift to raise the robot off the ground.
The flight path can be precisely controlled by modulating the strength of the magnetic field.
The next largest robot with similar flight capabilities is 2.8 cm in diameter, nearly three times as large.
OPS:.UC Berkeley graduate student Wei Yue (left) and engineering professor Liwei Lin each hold one of the tiny robots in their hands.
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World's tiniest wireless flying robot
Ferrari Press Agency
Flying bot1
Ref 16686
01/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering
A tiny new bumblebee—inspired flying robot less than 1cm wide has been developed to one day pollinate crops — and it is powered by just a couple of batteries.
It weighs only 21 milligrams and is claimed to be the world’s smallest wireless robot capable of controlled flight.
Like a flying insect, it can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets.
It was created by engineers at the USA’s University of California, Berkeley.
For a robot to fly, it must be equipped with a power source, like a battery, and electronics for flight control, both of which can be challenging to integrate into very small, lightweight devices.
To overcome this issue, researchers used an external magnetic field to power the device and control the flight path.
The robot is shaped like a small propeller and includes two small magnets.
Under the influence of an external magnetic field, these magnets are attracted and repelled, causing the propeller to spin and generating enough lift to raise the robot off the ground.
The flight path can be precisely controlled by modulating the strength of the magnetic field.
The next largest robot with similar flight capabilities is 2.8 cm in diameter, nearly three times as large.
OPS: The bumblebee-inspired tiny flying robot.
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS) -
DUKAS_183084722_FER
World's tiniest wireless flying robot
Ferrari Press Agency
Flying bot1
Ref 16686
01/04/2025
See Ferrari text
Pictures must credit: Adam Lau/Berkeley Engineering
A tiny new bumblebee—inspired flying robot less than 1cm wide has been developed to one day pollinate crops — and it is powered by just a couple of batteries.
It weighs only 21 milligrams and is claimed to be the world’s smallest wireless robot capable of controlled flight.
Like a flying insect, it can hover, change trajectory and even hit small targets.
It was created by engineers at the USA’s University of California, Berkeley.
For a robot to fly, it must be equipped with a power source, like a battery, and electronics for flight control, both of which can be challenging to integrate into very small, lightweight devices.
To overcome this issue, researchers used an external magnetic field to power the device and control the flight path.
The robot is shaped like a small propeller and includes two small magnets.
Under the influence of an external magnetic field, these magnets are attracted and repelled, causing the propeller to spin and generating enough lift to raise the robot off the ground.
The flight path can be precisely controlled by modulating the strength of the magnetic field.
The next largest robot with similar flight capabilities is 2.8 cm in diameter, nearly three times as large.
OPS: The bumblebee-inspired tiny flying robot.
Picture supplied by Ferrari (FOTO: DUKAS/FERRARI PRESS)