A leading expert told the world’s biggest science conference the technology is now here to programme bee-sized drones to pollinate crops

Robot Bees Could Be Deployed If Natural Population Continues To Collapse

Fleets of robobees could now be deployed if natural populations continue to collapse.

A leading expert told the world’s biggest science conference the technology is now here to programme bee-sized drones to pollinate crops.

Japanese scientists have developed a remotely controlled drone the size of a dragonfly which was able to pollinate lilies.

US scientists have also joined the technology race developing a robobee about half the size and able to flat 120 times a second.

Read more: http://csglobe.com/robot-bees-deployed-natural-population-continues-collapse/