Comments on: Cornell Research into Dragonfly Micro-Air Vehicle (MAV) http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/science/cornell-research-into-dragonfly-micro-air-vehicle-mav How to Make a Robot | Robotics Projects & News Fri, 25 May 2012 16:12:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: John Romano Rafol http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/science/cornell-research-into-dragonfly-micro-air-vehicle-mav/comment-page-1#comment-70 John Romano Rafol Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:46 +0000 http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/wordpress/?p=92#comment-70 I maybe dreaming but, my idea of making the dragon fly MAV will be to fuse organic and mechanical components to produce a feasible flying insect. If the organic part can supply energy in the same way that dragon fly uses its muscular energy, i think it would be next step to evolution, the only problem is how to nourish the organic part so that it produce/recharge energy. Who knows, if its feasible, maybe can make a large organic material that forms muscles which you then attach mechanical wings and then u stimulate the organic muscles so that a flapping motion can be achieved or something... Organic, replenishable energy, is that even possible? I maybe dreaming but, my idea of making the dragon fly MAV will be to fuse organic and mechanical components to produce a feasible flying insect. If the organic part can supply energy in the same way that dragon fly uses its muscular energy, i think it would be next step to evolution, the only problem is how to nourish the organic part so that it produce/recharge energy. Who knows, if its feasible, maybe can make a large organic material that forms muscles which you then attach mechanical wings and then u stimulate the organic muscles so that a flapping motion can be achieved or something… Organic, replenishable energy, is that even possible?

]]> By: William http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/the-news/science/cornell-research-into-dragonfly-micro-air-vehicle-mav/comment-page-1#comment-71 William Tue, 10 Jun 2008 01:16:46 +0000 http://www.robotshop.com/gorobotics/wordpress/?p=92#comment-71 Joh, I'd hardly call that the next step in evolution, as the whole notion of evolution is diabolically opposed to design. However, there are folks working on such devices, but more along the lines of artificially controlling the animal, not actually implanting mechanical structures in them. Here's a start [URL=http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mghovan/]Dr. Maysam Ghovanloo's research[/URL] Joh,
I’d hardly call that the next step in evolution, as the whole notion of evolution is diabolically opposed to design. However, there are folks working on such devices, but more along the lines of artificially controlling the animal, not actually implanting mechanical structures in them.

Here’s a start [URL=http://www4.ncsu.edu/~mghovan/]Dr. Maysam Ghovanloo’s research[/URL]

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