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Hummingbird Bot Could Aid Search and Rescue Operations

Robot animals are all the rage these days. From pollutant-hunting mechanical fish to animatronic replacements for mascot dogs, we seemingly can't get enough of them. Our friends over at Engadget report that researchers from Japan's Chiba University have recently built a "robotic hummingbird" that can stay aloft via blindingly fast wing movement. At a development cost of 200 million yen (about ...