TOKYO: Ants may be the perfect workers – they share chores, solve complex problems and work to the death without complaint.
And now the behaviour and appearance of nature’s most diligent insect has been emulated in plastic and metal, with the creation of BionicANTS.
German engineers have crafted machines that mimic the cooperative behaviour of a colony, because the robots can make individual decisions as well as work as a team.
The robots, which are around the size of a human hand, have been developed by German engineering firm Festo.
And they are capable of manoeuvring objects, hinting that such robots could one day replace humans as factory workers.
