Insect-like robots

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Remember that “completing search and rescue missions” is roboticist code for “we just invented this cool robot and we have no idea what to do with it”

[ExeD]

"Sir...There's a drone in my soup."

[shawon_saha]

Reminds me the episode "Heated in the Nation" from Black Mirror

[JohnSmith-jjjl]

Military: "Strap some explosive on it."

[Liffel]

"6 grams"

*without any energy stored

[MrOmarabdulhadi]

love it, I wonder how much thrust they put out though, since they dont seem to be carrying their own power source just yet

[baguetteboy]

Imagine hitting one with an electric flyswatter and all it does is go faster

[ramade]

Military: 👁️👄👁️ "is it for us??"

[Defy_Convention]

Yes most insects I've seen act and maneuver just like that, hovering in place. Well done narrator.

[whitestrike]

May you please, make more similar videos. It is exquisite!

[OOOOOO-lnod]

Somenoe build an electric vehicle using this, but with 6 spider legs instead of wheels. Maybe just a motorocycle spider with some weird control options possible, like normal handlebars or a joystick, or some foot pedals, forward lean or sitting, etc.

[Adreno]

The only drawback is that you will need humans organizing the wires that power the drones, everywhere they go.

[wc-william]

From a technical perspective, this is truly revolutionary! Though I have to say I can't yet imagine it flying efficiently with an independent power source. Battery industry gotta keep up the game! LOL

[BruceWaynesaysLandBack]

Can’t wait for this to fly a pack of C4 directly into my front lobe😩

[rayanelsolh]

This will revolutionize the drone industry immensely, a great project!

[vaffcontentcreator]

1:23 "The researchers hope one day the robots could *ate* humans"

[doxielain]

Considering that all the computation and power storage/delivery is offloaded, this is several technological evolutions away from practical use.

[FaffyWaffles]

You had me at "Carbon Nanotubes"

[vedatveziroglu]

I get black mirror vibes whenever I see stuffy like that.

[siffar]

Simply brilliant. Keep it up and thanks for sharing the update