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Researchers create robot exoskeleton that is controlled by a moth running on a trackball

2013-02-06 14:09:26| Extremetech

If you're terrified of the possibility that humanity will be dismembered by an insectoid master race, equipped with robotic exoskeletons (or would that be exo-exoskeletons?), look away now. Researchers at the University of Tokyo have strapped a moth into a robotic exoskeleton, with the moth successfully controlling the robot to reach a specific location inside a wind tunnel.

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