Oh Yong Wei

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, it has successfully developed technologies to create the lightest ever vehicle to maintain sustained untethered flight. The article stated that it has developed an extremely lightweight circuit and has integrated high-efficiency solar cells to tackle the trade-off between mass and power. The additional pair of wings and more efficient transmission due to changes in actuator and transmission ratio gave the vehicle the extra lift, enabling it to run on solar power alone.  According to the Burrows (2019), the solar-powered RoboBee currently requires the strength of three earth suns to work, as demonstrated by simulation with halogen lights in a laboratory. This experiment clearly demonstrates the limits of solar power for the RoboBee and why developing an alternative approach to power the RoboBee is essential. Th

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, it has successfully developed technologies to create the lightest ever vehicle to maintain sustained untethered flight. The article stated that it has developed an extremely lightweight circuit and has integrated high-efficiency solar cells to tackle the trade-off between mass and power. The additional pair of wings and more efficient transmission due to changes in 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 stated that these technologies could be integrated into the development of other devices and are not limited to the RoboBee. According to the Burrows(2019), the solar-powered RoboBee currently requires the strength of 3 earth suns to work, as demonstrated by simul

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, it has successfully developed technologies to create the lightest ever vehicle to maintain sustained untethered flight. The article states that it has developed an extremely lightweight circuit and have integrated high-efficiency solar cells to tackle the trade-off between mass and power. The additional pair of wings and more efficient transmission due to changes in 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 then stated that these technologies could be implemented in the development of other devices and are not just limited to the RoboBee. Currently, the RoboBee requires the intensity of 3 earth suns to function, as demonstrated by simulation in a lab with halogen li

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, it has successfully developed technologies to create the lightest ever vehicle to maintain sustained untethered flight. The article states that it has developed an extremely lightweight circuit and have integrated high-efficiency solar cells to tackle the trade-off between mass and power. The additional pair of wings and more efficient transmission due to changes in 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 then stated that these technologies could be implemented in the development of other devices and are not just limited to the Robobee. Reference list: Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Science. (2019, June 26). The RoboBee Flies Solo: