Biobots, UAVs Can Map Unexplored Areas (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Biobots, UAVs Can Map Unexplored Areas

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Researchers at North Carolina State University have developed a combination of software and hardware that will allow them to use unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and insect cyborgs, or biobots, to map large, unfamiliar areas -- such as collapsed buildings after a disaster.

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Edgar Lobaton

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