A group of Japanese researchers have successfully demonstrated that a small 'drone bee' can be used to artificially pollinate flowers.
The team from the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) demonstrated that with a few modifications a small commercial drone could be used as an effective pollinator. The AIST team took a Chinese-made G-Force PXY CAM drone and affixed an array of animal hairs to its underside. Crucially the team then covered…
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