DARPA Advances Animal-Inspired Micro-Robotics Development with Military Applications and Ethical Controversies
The National Interest reported on September 20 that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is heavily investing in insect-scale micro-robot technology. From Harvard’s robotic bees to underwater robots mimicking jellyfish, and six-legged robots resembling cockroaches, these biologically inspired devices aim to achieve military objectives such as reconnaissance and surveillance. Among them, robotic bees utilize … Read more