瑞士发明集体飞行"机器小蜜蜂"
Recently, researchers at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology's Institute have developped a robotic platform consisting of multiple single-propeller machines that autonomously dock with each other and take flight. Each vehicle is simply designed with wheels for ground motion, one propeller, a computer and infrared sensors that measure the flight angle. They join at random through magnetic links and drive around together.
瑞士理工大学的研究人员近日研制出一种不需要人类控制就能够彼此识别并自主合作飞行的机器蜜蜂。这些机器蜜蜂由车轮、发动机、微型电脑和测量飞行角度的红外感受器组成。
The independent unit can take off and land vertically and fly independently, but erratically. Small wheels let them crawl around on the ground to locate each other.
独立的机器蜜蜂个体无法有效控制自己的飞行装置进行飞行，它只能垂直起落和靠底部的车轮在地上“爬行”，寻找同伴。