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Scientists to create tiny robotic bees for pollination
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<blockquote data-quote="Agriland RSS" data-source="post: 8078790" data-attributes="member: 105608"><p>Written by Agriland Team from Agriland</p><p></p><p>Two scientists from the <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/" target="_blank">UK</a> and the US have been jointly awarded £640,000 (approximately €767,981) to build tiny robots that would stimulate the buzzing of <a href="https://www.agriland.ie/?s=bees" target="_blank">bees</a>.</p><p></p><p>It is hoped that understanding the buzz, and how it is created, could improve agriculture and help to understand the evolution of different types of bees and flowers.</p><p></p><p>Thousands of plants, including tomatoes, potatoes and blueberries, depend on the vibration from bees to elicit full pollen release.</p><p></p><p>Approximately half of all bee species use this type of vibration pollination; the honey bee is incapable of this.</p><p></p><h4>Scientists</h4><p></p><p>Evolutionary biologist Dr. Mario Vallejo-Marin, of the University of Stirling, will work with electrical engineer Dr. Noah Jafferis, of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, to create these tiny robots.</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Mario-Vallejo-Marin.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Mario-Vallejo-Marin-1024x603.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><br /> Mario Vallejo-Marin</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul"><a href="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Noah-Jafferis.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Noah-Jafferis.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a><br /> Noah Jafferies</li> </ul><p></p><p>Dr. Vallejo-Marin, associate professor in Biological and Environmental Sciences commented: “There are around 20,000 species of bee in the world, yet we know little about the function of most bee species, as we usually only think about honeybees and bumblebees.</p><p></p><p>"Bumblebees can buzz pollinate but honeybees cannot, and we don’t know much about thousands of other bees.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>"This will help us study how the bee’s characteristics affect the buzz and what types of vibrations are most effective for pollination.</p><p></p><p>“These microrobots are the size of your <strong>fingernail</strong> and weigh a quarter of a honeybee.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/robot-bee-preliminary-prototype-scaled.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/robot-bee-preliminary-prototype-1024x683.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p>A preliminary prototype of the robotic bee</p><p></p><p>"They will allow us to control the vibrations – their pitch, force, and timing – and simulate bees’ interactions with flowers in order to really understand how the characteristics of the bee and the buzzes affect pollination.”</p><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/scientists-to-create-tiny-robotic-bees-for-pollination/" target="_blank">Scientists to create tiny robotic bees for pollination</a> appeared first on <a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk" target="_blank">Agriland.co.uk</a>.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/scientists-to-create-tiny-robotic-bees-for-pollination/" target="_blank">Continue reading on the Agriland Website...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Agriland RSS, post: 8078790, member: 105608"] Written by Agriland Team from Agriland Two scientists from the [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/']UK[/URL] and the US have been jointly awarded £640,000 (approximately €767,981) to build tiny robots that would stimulate the buzzing of [URL='https://www.agriland.ie/?s=bees']bees[/URL]. It is hoped that understanding the buzz, and how it is created, could improve agriculture and help to understand the evolution of different types of bees and flowers. Thousands of plants, including tomatoes, potatoes and blueberries, depend on the vibration from bees to elicit full pollen release. Approximately half of all bee species use this type of vibration pollination; the honey bee is incapable of this. [HEADING=3]Scientists[/HEADING] Evolutionary biologist Dr. Mario Vallejo-Marin, of the University of Stirling, will work with electrical engineer Dr. Noah Jafferis, of the University of Massachusetts Lowell, to create these tiny robots. [LIST] [*][URL='https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Mario-Vallejo-Marin.jpg'][IMG]https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Mario-Vallejo-Marin-1024x603.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Mario Vallejo-Marin [*][URL='https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Noah-Jafferis.jpg'][IMG]https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/Noah-Jafferis.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Noah Jafferies [/LIST] Dr. Vallejo-Marin, associate professor in Biological and Environmental Sciences commented: “There are around 20,000 species of bee in the world, yet we know little about the function of most bee species, as we usually only think about honeybees and bumblebees. "Bumblebees can buzz pollinate but honeybees cannot, and we don’t know much about thousands of other bees. "This will help us study how the bee’s characteristics affect the buzz and what types of vibrations are most effective for pollination. “These microrobots are the size of your [B]fingernail[/B] and weigh a quarter of a honeybee. [URL='https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/robot-bee-preliminary-prototype-scaled.jpg'][IMG]https://cdn.agriland.ie/uploads/2022/04/robot-bee-preliminary-prototype-1024x683.jpg[/IMG][/URL] A preliminary prototype of the robotic bee "They will allow us to control the vibrations – their pitch, force, and timing – and simulate bees’ interactions with flowers in order to really understand how the characteristics of the bee and the buzzes affect pollination.” The post [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/scientists-to-create-tiny-robotic-bees-for-pollination/']Scientists to create tiny robotic bees for pollination[/URL] appeared first on [URL='https://www.agriland.co.uk']Agriland.co.uk[/URL]. [url="https://www.agriland.co.uk/farming-news/scientists-to-create-tiny-robotic-bees-for-pollination/"]Continue reading on the Agriland Website...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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