This tiny drone uses an actual moth antenna to sniff out target chemicals https://t.co/ECbawvNVOP pic.twitter.com/L8xxRYyUSz
— Eric Rodgers (@ericfrodgers) December 8, 2020
Introducing the #Smellicopter! This small bio-hybrid drone uses the antenna of a moth as a sensor to autonomously sniff out odors like hazardous chemicals or explosives. https://t.co/SDw3nZCjC1
— Mechanical Engineering at UW (@ME_at_UW) December 7, 2020
It's not every day I get to read about G-protein coupled receptors AND drones. The Smellicopter uses a moth antenna to smell!
— Sarah McQuate (@potassiumwhale) December 7, 2020
Great work @ME_at_UW PhD student Melanie Anderson (pictured), prof @blinkminster & @UWBiology prof Tom Daniel!
My story: https://t.co/yEKJedQxBy pic.twitter.com/JjkMt3hVgB
Where'd that smell come from?☁️#Smellicopter was designed to find out!@uwnews @ME_at_UW https://t.co/y9H4wPn2Vy pic.twitter.com/byum3vAo41
— Kiyomi Taguchi (@KiyomiTaguchi) December 8, 2020
The Smellicopter Can Automatically Seek out the Source of a Smell,#Robots #Drones #Smell #Antenna #Technology #?????37 https://t.co/Z5LbtCr2zV
— George??? (@DIEBO37) December 8, 2020
Consider the Smellicopter. A drone uses live moth antenna to sniff out targets.
— Brian Roemmele (@BrianRoemmele) December 8, 2020
Cyborg. https://t.co/4GRIx9XKeG