33 reactions · 3 comments | The Robot Zoo is officially open! Discover a whole new world of learning with robot animals, where muscles become pistons, intestines become filtering pipes, and brains become computers. 烙 Thank you to all of the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science Foundation Members who came to The Robot Zoo opening party last night! ❤️ | Mississippi Museum of Natural Science | Facebook

“We’re just trying to mimic these amazing maneuvers that bumblebees can achieve." A bee-like robot currently under development is part of a new generation of bots inspired by nature. The machine, which weighs less than a paperclip, can flap its wings up to 400 times a second and has achieved a maximum speed of 6.5 feet per second. It can also flip and hover. Researchers hope that it could someday help with tasks like artificial pollination – maybe even on other planets: https://cnn.it/41W0JrK |