Robotic bees are tiny drones that can be used for a number of purposes other than...

 

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Robotic bees are tiny drones that can be used for a number of purposes other than pollinating flowers. They can be used for environmental monitoring, biological studies, and search and rescue operations. Each bee is about half the size of a paperclip and weighs less than one tenth of a gram. The researchers at Harvard SEAS had been trying to develop the bees for over 10 years, finally achieving first flight in 2013. Since then, the bees have become increasingly advanced, and now have gone much beyond the capabilities of their biological cousins. The RoboBees can dive from the air, into the water, and continue to swim underwater, using the same wings that they use to fly in the air. The flapping frequency of the wings has to change in the two mediums. If the wings beat too slowly in the air, the bee cannot fly, and if the wing beats too rapidly in the water, the wings will break. In the air, the wings flap at up to 300 hertz, while in the water, the flapping speed is a leisurely 13 hertz. Additionally, overcoming the immense surface tension at such small scales, the RoboBee can jump straight out of the water and into the air. At the moment, the RoboBee cannot start flying immediately after jumping out of the water, but the engineers are now trying to give them this capability as well. Give the PEAS for the RoboBee robot. Also justify the environment properties in which it operates. Where else do you think RoboBees can be used (apart from the applications mentioned)? Robotic bees are tiny drones that can be used for a number of purposes other than pollinating flowers. They can be used for environmental monitoring, biological studies, and search and rescue operations. Each bee is about half the size of a paperclip and weighs less than one tenth of a gram. The researchers at Harvard SEAS had been trying to develop the bees for over 10 years, finally achieving first flight in 2013. Since then, the bees have become increasingly advanced, and now have gone much beyond the capabilities of their biological cousins. The RoboBees can dive from the air, into the water, and continue to swim underwater, using the same wings that they use to fly in the air. The flapping frequency of the wings has to change in the two mediums. If the wings beat too slowly in the air, the bee cannot fly, and if the wing beats too rapidly in the water, the wings will break. In the air, the wings flap at up to 300 hertz, while in the water, the flapping speed is a leisurely 13 hertz. Additionally, overcoming the immense surface tension at such small scales, the RoboBee can jump straight out of the water and into the air. At the moment, the RoboBee cannot start flying immediately after jumping out of the water, but the engineers are now trying to give them this capability as well. Give the PEAS for the RoboBee robot. Also justify the environment properties in which it operates. Where else do you think RoboBees can be used (apart from the applications mentioned)?

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PEAS stands for Performance measure Environment Actuators and Sensors which are components used in designing an intelligent agent Performance Measure ... View the full answer