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In the article, “The RoboBee Flies Solo,” Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (2019) has stated that after decades worth of research, they have successfully developed technologies to create the lightest ever vehicle to maintain sustained untethered flight. They stated they have developed an extremely lightweight circuit and integrated high-efficiency solar cells to tackle the trade-off between mass and power. The addition of an extra pair of wings and a more efficient transmission due to changes on actuator and transmission ratio gave the vehicle the extra lift, enabling it to run on solar power alone. It stated that the next step would be to control the RoboBee remotely. The article also states that these technologies are not just limited to the Robobee and could be implemented in the development of other devices.