antbot in A Sentence

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To see like a desert ant, Antbot is using a surprisingly simple sensor, known as a celestial compass.

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And it turns out that Antbot can also manage incredible accuracy, especially given how simple its sensing technique is.

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Both are computationally and energetically expensive, but Antbot's sensors are much less intensive- remember, it's just two pixels watching for UV polarized light.

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In outdoor experiments, Antbot managed to travel almost 50 feet, yet divine its way back to its starting point with an accuracy of less than half an inch.

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Researchers at the Aix-Marseille University in France report today in Science Robotics that they have engineered a six-legged robot, named Antbot, to find its way just like a desert ant.

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