Scientists successfully put tiny GoPro-style wireless cameras on beetles, and it's paving the way for miniature robots

Researcher Vikram Iyer told Business Insider the beetlecam is an important step forward for developing wireless camera technology

Scientists at the University of Washington have successfully created a wireless camera so miniature it can be carried on a beetle's back.

So why build GoPros for beetles?"Aside from sounding like something from a sci-fi movie, this small wireless vision system is an important step to miniaturizing robots," said Iyer.While cameras in smart phones are much smaller than the ones mounted on the beetles' backs by the researchers, they are not wireless in the same sense as they're hooked up to bigger bits of hardware.

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