Robot Insects are Coming. But Can We Trust Them? | TechnoLogic

[@Motherboard]

Marvels of design or tiny spy machines? Where do you stand on robotic insects? Watch more from this series: kzbin.info/aero/PLTlJK3kwZIbQXmLHbixvRpYkE4Wo6QBEz

[@JavierFernandez01]

Tuskegee experiments. "More chocolate covered scorpions over here!" Poor poor life forms. "And make me some fresh carrot juice. Baby carrots only! Muahahahaa!"

[@shize9ine]

3:33 - I am not sure that is a good use case for these roboflys. They require direct line of sight at the moment for power. Have you seen the vinerobot from Stanford university? It already past proof of concept and can actually lift large objects. In fact, a lot of the use cases seem to be better accomplished by other solutions... except for espionage.

[@zippozip4375]

People are really naieve if they think this isn't yet possible it's freaking 2021 the government has more developed technology then we could imagine nano technology for example these University people aren't even close they are oblivious as to how far tech has become

[@zippozip4375]

@@NoExpert lol yo it's 2021 the government has these capabilities now I mean come on do people realize that the technology we have far surpasses any understanding

[@fabiannfl]

This is absolutely amazing wowwwwww😍😍😍😍😍🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@a3ephony654]

“Will this tech eventually spy on me or kill me?” Yes. . Just, yes.

[@Willams78]

Exactly!

[@AmorrSummerstorm]

No one cares about you as an invidual

[@MiniatureChickenChannel]

the answer is C.....BOTH

[@tashisherpa7263]

Both

[@peterp3538]

@@AmorrSummerstorm you’re missing the point

[@cboweniii]

This reminds me of the episode of Black Mirror where all the Bees were tiny robots due to Bees going extinct or close to extinction, I can’t remember which, and they told the public it was to pollinate flowers. But they were spying on people and used as weapons.

[@lastdayonearth67]

Hated in the nation The first death is of a journalist at her house during a cake ceremony.

[@simskiara]

Yes I just thought of that episode too!

[@Heterandria4mosa]

yeah if you actually watch this video they mention that show by name. but watching a whole video before commenting is too much to ask I guess.

[@whodafox]

@@Heterandria4mosa Word🤦🏾‍♂️

[@Evan-tp7ur]

Guess someone didn’t finish watching the video lol

[@dietznutz1]

Can we trust them ? Yes Can we trust the people that will use them ? Absolutely not

[@skankhunt3624]

If it flies, it's spies.

[@SSADO-]

This is the exact thing people said about cameras yet here we are

[@ariste01]

This might be a stupid concern in comparison to the ones brought up, but I'm wondering about environmental consequences. Like how do you keep them from being eaten by birds and other predators and what would happen to a predator that ate one?

[@breadfella]

exactly. these fucking nerds arent ecologists - they're engineers. Being an engineer is the first step in becoming an absolute lunatic, in my opinion. I say that partly as a joke but also being an engineer means you end up seeing the world as just a series of problems waiting for technological solutions rather than seeing it for the complex, dynamic system that it is. at the end of the day any good these things could do will be negated by the unimaginable harm that could be caused the surveilance and murder these things will be used for. its deeply horrifying.

[@JavierFernandez01]

Holy crap. Yea. >:/

[@ariste01]

@@breadfella nah I think we just have brains that function differently and that's a good thing. Some people get so focused on the details they can't see the forest for the trees. I, on the other hand, tend to be good with the big picture but complete shit with the details. We need both. I think it's more about cooperation and celebrating and utilizing diversity.

[@AdrianNVT]

@@breadfella Then why don’t we get Engineers and Ecologists to work together to make something eco-friendly and revolutionary.

[@Catlily5]

Isn't that why they were trying to make biodegradable ones?

[@EdwinMarquezredwings]

remotely controlling a real cockroach?! No one’s going to talk about that????

[@christopherbenoit5585]

He’s a real life super villain

[@hksoundpro]

PICKLE RICK! It's already been done. 😂😂

[@sko1beer]

That’s over 10 years old tech it was used after a earthquake in mainland China

[@armorykittington]

Dude, if they can do that to something as small as a cockroach, they can do it to a human.

[@jojodancer1743]

Just because you can do something doesn't mean you should.

[@skankhunt3624]

But sometimes you should.

[@darkmetal2412]

I mean if it's badass... Then yes I approve

[@a_coloradan8689]

Dark Metal name checks out

[@b__c7538]

But I will

[@stigmatizedminstrel1837]

Totally agree thank you

[@Rand.alThor...]

Key word: "swarm" this will be weaponised AF

[@skankhunt3624]

What??🤯🤣🤣😂

[@noelkitonga]

These technologies have been in use for decades now. All these gizmos you enjoy today are what falls off the military complex dinner table.

[@sko1beer]

Spot on I remember them cockroaches with sensors stuck on them was used after a earthquake in mainland China around 10 years ago. Maybe the tech has moved on big time like the bees in black mirror

[@suniixxsav]

@@sko1beer oh it has… robot roaches have been a thing for years…. And with today’s technological advancements, they could probably do more than we think

[@tonyrobbins1665]

They ALWAYS attach noble intentions to their evil creations

[@Prince_of_the_South]

Right! Great statement!!!! A robot can only pollinate another robot. So the plant has to be a robot. Only magnets with the SAME attraction match.

[@JB-pb9xv]

@@Prince_of_the_South What do you mean, all it would need to do is collect small amounts of pollen or seed. An be able to carry that sample over to a plant that needs pollination. Or they can use genetic modification to try an create "self pollinating" plants, which already exist. But out of plants that aren't self pollinating, which I'm sure can be done. Although who knows the outcome, we've already got freakish GMO foods and plants, that seem to cause cancer and I'm sure other issues or lacking what the plant originally has. But the robotic bee thing send very possible, both for pollinating and for weaponized used or spying.

[@Prince_of_the_South]

@@JB-pb9xv the robotic bee can only pollinated another robotic thing. Look at us as people. We create the robots to assist US in many things. But this is completely foolish. Think about it? If we need to pick a fruit from a tree and the tree is tall what will you do? Will you tell a monkey to climb the tree and grab that fruit? Will you tell a giraffe to grab that fruit? or will you create some robot to do the job? A robot is useless. You can tell it good job and rub its head to make it FEEL GOOD. We have animals for a reason!

[@Prince_of_the_South]

@@JB-pb9xv Logically and physically a robot cannot assist natural resources. ALL computers built objects are LOGICALLY made. So therefore can only assist in helping another logical thing which is US. Plants don't have the ability to think. Robots are made from a thinking process and only do what it was program to do. So you can't insert a conscious in a robot. Only electricity and minerals ie copper gold etc etc.

[@Prince_of_the_South]

​@@JB-pb9xv Robots are for personal uses not global uses. And especially not for natural use cases. Don't be dumb and naïve. Its easy to understand. A robot bee will damage and destroy a plant. also it will be incompatible with natural bee. A robot be will also not be able to determine what is good or bad except what MAN program it to do. Also a robot be is not made out of the habit of the earth itself but made in a air conditioned lab. NOT THE ENVIRONMENT. So how can it relate to the environment? We as people relate to all environments because we are made from it.

[@teachatami45]

Imagine the crazy destruction this can bring in the wrong hands

[@zippozip4375]

It's already in the wrong hands it's called the government

[@teachatami45]

@@zippozip4375 🤔

[@teachatami45]

@Jacob Damato 😒alone?

[@blackpowderkun]

Imagine a termites doing coordinated destruction.

[@jennifervan75]

Remember the spy flies that were made in 2013 or 2015 and we suddenly stopped hearing about it🤔?

[@Runner-Boy]

Shuuuuu

[@tannerdenny1406]

Now that you mention it. Have you watched black mirror?

[@kap1526]

They are still being developed. They are not out there.

[@riffraff1651]

if a Bee can come into your house and give you an injection, one day one of these robots will too

[@brandlessheadphones]

The road to hell is always paved with good intention

[@IC-lz3of]

Indeed

[@deanag8457]

So then we want to attach those things to humans...you know to help them...

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

“good intention” 😂🤣 aka a cover up

[@hungryavacadoo]

That's Deep lol

[@darkmetal2412]

@@deanag8457 not how that work lol

[@shivanshsharma6163]

Humankind will one day deeply regret playing with mother nature like this. Only due to the few crazy ones many people will suffer.

[@ComradeRakosi]

We are not animals, this is what you need understand.

[@Noname-wz1yy]

This tech can potentially be devastating. This can destabilize farmland all over the world.

[@LanceEhlers]

A rhetorical question to temper the hype: if these are deployed en mass to monitor and pollinate plants, what happens to the food chain when predators begin ingesting them?

[@mattc420]

More than likely the first one they eat, darwinism will take over. Just like dart frogs. Imagine how many animals are those and their entire species either dies off or learns from it. Animals/insects are smarter than you think.

[@justforfun-jp2vc]

Harvard University was engineering electronic bees in 2013 to export for agricultural pollination in China. Reeks of covert CIA funding. The general public had no idea.

[@zackzackvincent]

we’re 10 years away from BIG BAD BEATLE BORGS

[@topgoldexchange8283]

I’ll come back to this comment after 10 years 🤔

[@duxvu9873]

@@topgoldexchange8283 me too.

[@mly2312]

When he said “We’re not at that point YET”. ................. key word: yet

[@voidofhumanity]

This one was particularly terrifying

[@ELVIR2]

It can reduce crimes

[@rickydo6572]

Nowdays we pay VPNs to have some privacy online, soon we'll have to pay for services to have privacy in our own homes. I've been terrified of how China spies on it's people, but we aren't really that far away from that if you think about it.

[@apeshitclothing]

Sounds like "1984" where they would spy on you through radio, TV, your neighbors, and your own thoughts.

[@anonwithamnesia]

Haha yes…

[@thegoodanfamily9817]

A VPN isn't that secure. The ability for us to be spied on every moment of the day is already here and been here.

[@phillylove7290]

VPNs do very very little for mass data harvesting.

[@HL-kt3ib]

Tbh China spies on its people just as much as any other government.

[@Silentsister]

How can we trust machines when we struggle to trust the minds behind them?

[@Skyspace187]

A number of good points and interviews, but let us not forget that it's not just Government Bodies looking to use this. The video had value but it was pointed in a single idea of government or corporate misuse.

[@gamermegabyte]

privacy is becoming a thing of the past.

[@CinnamonCandid]

They actually captured a frequency from one bee, to try figure out what she thinks, and the bee was like bzz bzz

[@mattc420]

Was this an attempt at humor? So dumb.

[@everythinghaschanged42]

Oh the poor nerds.. they have good intentions but they don’t understand how this technology may be the demise of humans

[@d.c.8828]

They know exactly what they're doing.

[@rho992]

they are going to be poor you will be

[@topgoldexchange8283]

Ohh they know

[@everythinghaschanged42]

@@rho992 … if you knew basic English you’d know I wasn’t talking about that definition of poor.

[@ryanwilhite]

Hope they don't have any bugs in their code! GET IT!?

[@pricepatrick616]

I knew it bruh, cause these mosquitos just got 3x bigger outta nowhere

[@timothyparker9810]

Yeah I want you teach some of these little microrobots to kill bed bugs and cockroaches we'd all be happy

[@brandonmcgillis]

Now you got to Ask Yourself? Is that a mosquito or your wall? Or is it big brother spying in on you?

[@matthenley3886]

These bleepy crawlies look kinda scary but no need to worry as they are probably buggy

[@whotookthacookie]

Underrated comment lol

[@michaelosborn6812]

Lame dad joke

[@Str8stbowtie]

As amazing as this is, thinking about the implications really 'bugs' me.

[@TemperedWambat]

I think we all know these robots are not going to be used in any beneficial way.

[@Ottee2]

About five years ago, during a work break, I postulated to a colleague the idea of killer nano-robots that simply drift on the wind in swarms at various locations around the globe. Each nano-robot would be explosive, capable of say, destroying something the size of a Volkswagen Beetle. So these tiny, tiny robots would drift on the wind, until such time that they were activated, in any quantity necessary, to seek out and destroy a target The mission might not require the whole swarm. A hundred nano-robots might be all that is required. Or a thousand. Or ten thousand. Anyway, you get the idea. So here we are five years later, and this idea does not seem so far-fetched as it did back then.

[@Northstar-Media]

Smart dust.

[@QuixEnd]

If your new product has no practical use whatsoever, just say "search and rescue". Pretty much works every time.

[@mohasultan1431]

i knew someone else thought of that

[@midwestmike613]

Everybody with a smartphone is spied on today! It's just the average person is being spied on for the purpose to get you to spend all your money with certain companies.

[@Stealther]

The laser powered robot can't be sent into a close and confined space because, you know... line of sight...

[@ernesto10]

The story to Simpsons hit and run is about to become a reality

[@myself5812]

You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!

[@invisolutions4124]

It's like the black mirror episode with the bees. Bad idea.

[@TinyBlitz8]

Or even lace your drink with poison.

[@eb5857]

🤔

[@JohnySilverhand]

Remember the episode from black mirror on the killer bees😂😂😂

[@lubaniskie]

I don't know about insect robotics, but the little guy on the thumbnail sure has quite the chip on his shoulder

[@Ezfmoney205]

😂

[@chalexen2862]

10:14 We’re at this point. Except its using a programmed quadrottors that are larger than robot flies

[@JohnSchaeferUNIVERSE]

Imagine. These getting so so outta hand and all over the place, blending in with real bugs. Shit

[@markus98h66]

That’s so weird, I just caugh a bee jumping around on my keyboard, going to facebook and then to the signup section….

[@sisterphyllis4753]

Yes, technology is great when it’s used for the good. Somebody will always use the good for evil. Smh

[@ClaudiaAlarconkiutpi]

In normally hate roaches, and I think I'm terrified of them now.

[@lordeggsbenedict3364]

Please no.

[@DC-wg1cr]

Technology watching half of what we do? More like 99% (in industrialized countries at least)

[@toogudd4dis]

This is another way of them telling us that they are spying us 😂

[@alvionjames5925]

can they be detected by any radar system

[@MrBellicosta]

Who knew geeks would now be the ones to fear?

[@Catlily5]

That's the big joke on the bullies!

[@bradt5414]

This is the infancy of Cyberdyne systems. We're all screwed.

[@Rugops42]

Cyborg bugs? Cy-bugs!

[@armorykittington]

This is bad for humans.

[@gavingainey8590]

This thumbnail had me thinking they LS swapped a damn beetle

[@timszzee2415]

Cockroaches are fucking scary, but now imagine that cockroach is being remotely controlled by the smartest animal on the planet

[@johndoa4839]

Wirelessly charge the fly with a laser Witaf We are doomed

[@anthonywilson7268]

A camera bug with the ability to vaccinate… a mosquito

[@ClipHiveCentral]

There are always pros & cons in every new inventions.

[@arnocronje1189]

FLIES ARE ANNOYING ENOUGH

[@horsemanofwar86wawahwoowah36]

Hopefully soon I'll have my very "PICKLE RICK!"🤣

[@lordhinton3394]

I just watched the first matrix yesterday again as an adult. An aware adult... this is scary. How much is too much? This is the beginning of the end folks.

[@cattameme]

its cool and becomes sci fi once the laser thing is no longer needed.

[@DanielGBenesScienceShows]

Electronic bugs eh? Electronic Frontier Foundation has entered the chat.

[@ricoconnor3351]

Intelligence without wisdom is like a ape with keys to a nuclear launch…. Yeah we’re fk’d

[@cornholio777]

Can we trust robotic pigeons

[@Partnerthedog]

2:58 looks like she's checking herself out on her screen or she thinks he's cute... anyone else see that cute smirk she got on.

[@jxsse4644]

Imagine driving on your motorcycle at 60 mph and catching a robotic fly with your face, that would be f*cked

[@proviptk]

I don't think it's that much different from catching a natural one tho, maybe an oily taste instead ?

[@trippasnippa119]

we kill the bees... then we replace them LESSSS GOOOOOO

[@duds1916]

Surely a small gust of wind would take away any control of it.

[@eb5857]

But why

[@brettrichardson7924]

Talk about all the bugs...

[@Rob_0-4]

Just shows how badass nature is Dragonflies, beetles with their own brain, senses n power

[@mrcheeseandcrackers]

Not a bad idea to keep pollination going and also provide more job security.

[@moosemilk8956]

Wow, what an incredibly terrible idea for the common man.

[@Prince_of_the_South]

There is no such thing as the common man. There is only one common man. All other man are not common to the common man.

[@moosemilk8956]

@@Prince_of_the_South I think my head just exploded

[@Prince_of_the_South]

@@moosemilk8956 Lol. It's true though. Colors are common right? In every country red is significant for ALERT. So that means it's common all around. Black and white clothing is common in weddings and funerals. So what about BROWN????? Brown is COMMON WHERE?? In the earth right? The dirt is brown in IN EVERY LAND! So my skin is brown. I AM THE COMMON MAN. So where do Caucasian people get there skin from?

[@amarula7589]

Smart people focus all of their time on making very redundant things. Because truly how will this fly help fight poverty, global warming, and even just general access to water and electricity. And it's a concern because this technology is sponsored by elites,so why wouldn't they use it like Big Brother 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@ttom360]

It's called bug for a reason

[@Northstar-Media]

Power, weight & outside conditions would be the biggest hurdles. Using the insects own body may be the key ?

[@danijel124]

Insects really do have a lot of energy in them

[@riffraff1651]

ill tell you one thing the future won't have, is privacy! Fix the Police now or there will be consequences later

[@TheRealSandman]

You only need to watch Black Mirror to see why this is a bad idea

[@paullrdubois]

Elon Musks NEURALINK are even more dangerous to privacy, highjacking, + roboticist a human mind, even kill you, more than bugs. Can we talk about this?

[@andrebelefleur332]

Yall really thought Hexbugs wasn’t consumer research into whether or not these would be profitable?

[@tmyeeterydeetery1579]

The hexbugs with weapons ya remember thosd

[@unitedhindu403]

This technology is now too late to develop......

[@Andres-wy5du]

It will never happen

[@mannysong1752]

A servitor cockroach? The omnissiash is pleased.

[@D1CeYJ1012]

Yea if this gets out to the public no one is gonna be able to have privacy. Your gonna worry if a fly or spider is in the bathroom lol. Heck we dont even really have any now everything is on camera.

[@mosaad342]

rescue missions or spy missions? which one

[@sagittarius902]

Imagine being a cockroach lifting tech on our back. Cockroach : This fucking humans

[@33ordie]

Keep a few cats in house to catch them.

[@varun009]

You asked "will this spy on me or kill me" as though its one or the other. Insects and other arthropods have the capacity to perform assassination like nothing else. Imagine getting bit by a lethally venemous spider controlled by your shitty neighbor so he can steal your fence posts. I hate that guy.

[@nick281972]

I'm more worried about perverts getting hold of them.

[@Catlily5]

That too.

[@redd8551]

Just have to think about that one Black Mirror episode….

[@BriannaMersey]

From Robocop to Robobug machines! Can i use the frankenstien technology on my boyfriend? This is good stuff!

[@user-zb7fm6hj2g]

Humanity should not be playing the part of nature

[@yeelawnmask6771]

The only form of bugs I can stay calm with

[@richardneedham4965]

Contact Netflix! This is awesome!

[@MisterWillX]

That original CIA dragonfly was not a robot. It ran on a small diesel engine, and a control flap had to be adjusted so that it could fly straight , or turn. That's it. No feedback, no in-flight control, nothing. It was like those wind-up flapping birds.