美军投资1000万美元研制机械蝙蝠
上图是密歇根大学提出的用于侦察战场环境的机械蝙蝠模型，机械蝙蝠项目已经获得美国军方1000万美元的资助。这只蝙蝠身长6英寸（约15厘米），将通过装备的多个探头、麦克风和传感器，搜集城市战场中的图片、声音、气体、射线等资料，并把这些信息实时传送给士兵。研究人员想让这种蝙蝠具有自己充电的功能，具备将风能和太阳能转化为电能的能力，甚至可以从振动中获取能量。
COM-BAT swoops in to gather data on reconnaissance missions
(via engadget) The University of Michigan’s COM-BAT most definitely isn’t the first mechanical animal to get its inspirations from the bat, but it’s probably the best equipped to play a vital role in modern day warfare. A select group of Wolverines have been blessed with a $10 million grant from the US Army in order to concoct a “six-inch robotic spy plane modeled after a bat [that] would gather data from sights, sounds and smells in urban combat zones and transmit information back to a soldier in real time.” Read more.
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