A Germany company has designed bionic butterflies that weigh less than a tenth of a pound and can be coordinated to fly in a swarm with no collisions.
In a yet another cue from nature, a German company has developed bionic butterflies that look and fly like the real thing, even in proximity to each other.
Weighing little more than an ounce but with a wingspan of around 20 inches, each butterfly is equipped with two motors, two batteries, infrared markers, and wings made of a soft, elastic material.
Designed as a technology research platform, a demonstration shows them flying around a room installed with ten cameras, infrared tracking, and a central computer which coordinates their movement.
Several are in motion simultaneously at the
