Tiny robots to exhibit insect-like behavior

The Lemelson-MIT program will encourage work in microbotics, awarding funds for further development of “robot ants” (1 inch3 in volume) to create “swarms” of larger robots designed to act in a coordinated fashion like bees that could someday tackle dirty, dangerous, or dull tasks that humans avoid.

26.Feb.2003
MSNBC News, Science & Technology