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What a bundle of buzzing bees can teach engineers about robotic materials

  • Written by Orit Peleg, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, University of Colorado Boulder
Individuals working together as one.Orit Peleg and Jacob Peters, CC BY-ND

Gathered inside a small shed in the midst of a peaceful meadow, my colleagues and I are about to flip the switch to start a seemingly mundane procedure: using a motor to shake a wooden board. But underneath this board, we have a swarm of roughly 10,000 honeybees, clinging to...

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