Robobugs Do Surveillance

Via YouTube:

The following is derived from a promotionalvideo from BAE Systems, a Europeandefence contractor. It depicts the use of robotic bugs for surveillance in an urban terrorist scenario.

The person who posted this video seemed pretty upset by it. But, in the end, it's really just a computer generated imagining. Not really that scary. Now if it were an actual live action shot...or maybe if the robotic insects had little bit more hair and sported some ominous fangs.

That would be scary.

Camera Meet Robo Beetle

I've looked at robotic insects before, but getting "bugged" is really starting to take on new meaning with this one.

Via Technology Review:

Most previous research in controlling insect flight has focused on moths. But beetles have certain advantages. The giant flower beetle's size--it ranges in weight from four to ten grams and is four to eight centimeters long--means that it can carry relatively heavy payloads. To be used for search-and-rescue missions, for example, the insect would need to carry a small camera and heat sensor.