ʻO Venus flytrap "robo-plants" a me nā mea kanu e haʻi i ka poʻe mahiʻai i ka wā e loaʻa ai lākou i ka maʻi hiki ke lilo i mea maoli ma hope o ka hoʻomohala ʻana o nā ʻepekema i kahi ʻōnaehana ʻenehana kiʻekiʻe no ke kamaʻilio ʻana me nā mea kanu.
Ua hoʻopili nā mea noiʻi ma Singapore i nā mea kanu i nā electrodes hiki ke nānā i nā pulse uila nāwaliwali i hoʻopuka maoli ʻia e ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Ua hoʻohana lākou i ka ʻenehana no ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kahi Venus flytrap e hoʻopaʻa i kona mau ʻāʻī i ke kaomi ʻana i kahi pihi ma kahi polokalamu kelepona.
A laila hoʻopili lākou i kekahi o kona mau āwae i ka lima robotic a loaʻa i ka contraption e kiʻi i kahi ʻāpana uwea hapalua millimeter ka mānoanoa, a hopu i kahi mea hāʻule liʻiliʻi. Aia ka ʻenehana i ka wā mua, akā manaʻo ka poʻe noiʻi hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e kūkulu i nā "ropako mea kanu" kiʻekiʻe e hiki ke ʻohi i nā mea palupalu i maʻalahi no nā lima robotic.
"Hiki ke hoʻopili ʻia kēia mau ʻano robots kūlohelohe me nā robots artificial ʻē aʻe (e hana) i nā ʻōnaehana hybrid," ʻo Chen Xiaodong, ka mea kākau alakaʻi o kahi noiʻi ma Nanyang Technological University (NTU).
Aia nō nā pilikia e hoʻokō ʻia. Hiki i nā kānaka ʻepekema ke hoʻoulu i nā ʻāwae o ka flytrap e paʻa akā ʻaʻole hiki iā lākou ke wehe hou iā lākou - kahi kaʻina hana he 10 a ʻoi aʻe paha mau hola e hana maoli ai. Hiki i ka ʻōnaehana ke ʻohi i nā hōʻailona i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā mea kanu, e hoʻonui ana i ka hiki ke ʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai i nā pilikia me kā lākou mea kanu i ka wā mua. "Ma ka nānā ʻana i nā hōʻailona uila o nā mea kanu, hiki iā mākou ke ʻike i nā hōʻailona pilikia a me nā mea ʻino," wahi a Chen.
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