A military lab in China has developed a miniature “mosquito-sized” drone for intelligence gathering purposes that could be used to spy on the United States and other adversaries who stand in their way of global dominance.
The new tech came out of the robotics laboratory at the National University of Defense Technology in the Hunan province, according to the South China Morning Post.
Their work also includes humanoid machines and other types of tiny drones hardly visible to the human eye.
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“Here in my hand is a mosquito-like type of robot. Miniature bionic robots like this one are especially suited to information reconnaissance and special missions on the battlefield,” Liang Hexiang, a student at NUDT, told CCTV while holding the device.
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