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| Microminaturized vision for UAV's. |
Are there different kinds of lenses or optics that would make more sense in tiny robots?
| ...the Scarab buzzed into the great workroom as any intruding insect might, and sought the security of a shadowed corner. There it studied its surroundings, transmitting to its manipulator, far away now, all that it heard through its ear microphones and saw with its minute vision tubes. |
| From The Scarab,
by Raymond Z. Gallun. Published by Astounding Stories in 1936 Additional resources -
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Compare to the bee cam from City of Pearl (2004) by Karen Traviss.
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