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A new breed of robot mimics bats by using sound alone to find its way around. The four-wheeled Robat, developed by Israeli researchers, uses an echo-based sonar system to navigate and map its ...

The 'Robat' -- a fully autonomous bat-like terrestrial robot that uses echolocation to navigate its environment. Image is under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY ...

The strong, flapping flight of bats offers great possibilities for the design of small aircraft, among other applications. By building a robotic bat wing, Brown researchers have uncovered flight ...