This autonomous firefighting 'bot gets its self-preservation instinct from its (very distant) insect cousins
By Michael Dumiak
Posted 03.31.2008 at 3:15 pm
Shifting through the mossy undergrowth of Germany’s Black Forest, antennae raised and leg joints quietly clicking forward, OLE (pronounced “oh-luh”) is a St. Bernard–size bug on the prowl. But this mechanized insect isn’t a scavenger—it’s a guardian.
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