Scientists strapped tiny cameras to beetles to get a bug’s-eye view of the world

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Scientists strapped tiny cameras to beetles to get a bug’s-eye view of the world
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The team also created totally separate insect-sized robots to act as carriers for their tiny cameras. These were useful for purposes that might require more control, like possible investigating small spaces like enclosed pipes, says co-lead authorThe insect-sized robot built to carry the wee camera around doesn’t have the same agility, or energy, as its living counterpart.But the required vibrations to move the robot created blurry pictures.

“This is the first time that we’ve had a first-person view from the back of a beetle while it’s walking around,” Iyer said in theIn the future, the authors hope these wee cameras can be battery-free and require less power, or even maybe be solar-powered. That way, we could learn even more about beetle biology, like what kind of stimuli catches a their attention, and what they do once they’ve spotted something of interest.

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