Image of the Day: Bird, Plane, or Cyborg?

Rather than attempting to recreate an insect's dynamic agility with robotics, scientists have created a hybrid that's part dragonfly, part robot.

The Scientist

Jun 6, 2017 | 1 min read

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DragonflEye

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The DragonflEye is a live dragonfly equipped with a tiny electronic pack, powered by a solar cell, that communicates with the insect’s nervous system in order to control its navigation.

“DragonflEye is a totally new kind of micro-aerial vehicle that’s smaller, lighter and stealthier than anything else that’s manmade,” says Draper principal investigator Jesse Wheeler in a news release.

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