Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington

Computer scientists and engineers at the University of Washington have created a sensor package that is small enough to ride aboard a bumblebee.

« Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington

Bees with "backpacks" on can still eat, control their flight and perform other normal behaviors.

« Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington

UW electrical and computer engineering doctoral student Vikram Iyer investigates how a bumblebee (inside the container) performs with the sensor package attached to its back.

« Researchers create first sensor package that can ride aboard bees

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