A robotic flytrap (VIDEO)

Chinese Academy of Sciences Headquarters

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The ultra-sensitive “pistil” can respond to the soft touch of a flying bee in 10 ms, and then the “lobes” can close themselves to trap bees and then reopen to set them free.

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LI Yingtian

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