COM-BAT: A Robotic Surveillance Bat-Bot
November 10th, 2008
This robotic spy plane is only six-inches long, but it can use just about everything as a power source. It can also be used for monitoring all sensory perceptions in a combat zone. The project is being funded by the US Army, but also involves the University of California at Berkeley, the University of New Mexico and the University of Michigan College of Engineering.
It could use solar power, wind power and even vibrational-sourced power. The bot could record images, audio and even detect smells of a combat area then transmit them over radio signals. It’s the result, or will be the result of a $10 million, five-year grant at the University of Michigan’s College of Engineering. It’s known as Center for Objective Microelectronics and Biomimetic Advanced Technology, or COM-BAT for short. It’s a high-tech bat shaped bot and has a stereo camera, microphones and other sensors for detecting radiations, gases and a lot more. It would also be able to navigate in the dark using radar. Just like a bat.
February 11th, 2009 at 11:28 am
This is really cool “Com Bat”