Little robot, big job: Hopping robot sniffs out mercury pollution
Here’s a great example of science and engineering looking to nature for new and innovative ways to solve problems. Look at that robot! It’s tiny! It hops! It finds pollution!
Umberto Scarfogliero, one of the men behind the University of Lucca project, says that the team focused on fleas and frogs in particular when researching the ‘bot. “Robots like these are far more efficient than larger ones in scouring vast areas of land in a shorter time,” he explained. The little critters are now being equipped with sensors that will allow them to locate sources of mercury poisoning. Source: Leaping Lizards: …read more
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