Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a cyborg insect swarm to explore disaster zones and perhaps even Mars

Tiny 3D-printed diving suits allow cockroaches to walk underwater for up to 3 hours with no ill effects, which could enable a cyborg insect swarm to explore disaster zones and perhaps even Mars

  • jnod4@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 days ago

    The advantage is a robot that’s using no lithium or battery derivative but it’s using the most dense for of energy, ATP itself

    • Soapbox@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      7 days ago

      But its still going to run out of energy and die unless you feed it. Plus I assume there has to be a battery in there to power the electronics controlling the thing, and transmitting telemetry.