How drones and insects merged in ways that might surprise you

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Fox News Science & Technology The Geek Sheet January 5, 2015

How drones and insects merged in ways that might surprise you Hornets, wasps and termites are pests to many households in America...but in 2014 they inspired robot technology in ways that could make them pests on an entirely different level to adversaries. Here are three interesting programs that are building tiny intelligent flying and crawling robots, all mimicking familiar creatures, that made news this year.

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