The Rundown Robotics. China’s mosquito-sized drone for military

Posted on June 23, 2025 by michelleclarke2015

🦟 China’s mosquito-sized drone for military
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The Rundown: A robotics lab at China’s National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) in Hunan just unveiled a mosquito-sized drone — designed specifically for covert military missions — on national television.
The details:
This microdrone measures just 1.3 cm in length and features two tiny, leaf-like wings and three ultra-thin “legs” for perching or landing. Researchers showed that it can be controlled via smartphone, highlighting its ease of deployment and advanced remote operation capabilities.The device is specifically engineered for reconnaissance and special missions, making it a potentially powerful tool for intelligence gathering and surveillance. NUDT also showcased various robotic innovations, including humanoids and other miniature drones, on CCTV 7’s military channel.
Why it matters: Like Harvard’s RoboBee and Norway’s Black Hornet, China’s version takes miniaturization to the extreme and is nearly undetectable — making it ideal for military operations, search and rescue, and electronic surveillance. Of course, drones like these raise a host of uneasy questions about the future of privacy and warfare.

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Life event that changes all: Horse riding accident in Zimbabwe in 1993, a fractured skull et al including bipolar anxiety, chronic fatigue …. co-morbidities (Nietzche 'He who has the reason why can deal with any how' details my health history from 1993 to date). 17th 2017 August operation for breast cancer (no indications just an appointment came from BreastCheck through the Post). Trinity College Dublin Business Economics and Social Studies (but no degree) 1997-2003; UCD 1997/1998 night classes) essays, projects, writings. Trinity Horizon Programme 1997/98 (Centre for Women Studies Trinity College Dublin/St. Patrick's Foundation (Professor McKeon) EU Horizon funded: research study of 15 women (I was one of this group and it became the cornerstone of my journey to now 2017) over 9 mth period diagnosed with depression and their reintegration into society, with special emphasis on work, arts, further education; Notes from time at Trinity Horizon Project 1997/98; Articles written for Irishhealth.com 2003/2004; St Patricks Foundation monthly lecture notes for a specific period in time; Selection of Poetry including poems written by people I know; Quotations 1998-2017; other writings mainly with theme of social justice under the heading Citizen Journalism Ireland. Letters written to friends about life in Zimbabwe; Family history including Michael Comyn KC, my grandfather, my grandmother's family, the O'Donnellan ffrench Blake-Forsters; Moral wrong: An acrimonious divorce but the real injustice was the Catholic Church granting an annulment – you can read it and make your own judgment, I have mine. Topics I have written about include annual Brain Awareness week, Mashonaland Irish Associataion in Zimbabwe, Suicide (a life sentence to those left behind); Nostalgia: Tara Hill, Co. Meath.
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