RoboBees: Design Poses Intriguing Engineering, Computer Science Challenges - Science Nation

It started with a TV show, “Silence of the Bees,“ about honeybee populations in steep decline. At Harvard University, electrical engineers Rob Wood and Gu-Yeon Wei, and computer scientist Radhika Nagpal saw a challenge. And, so began the creation of the “RoboBee,“ a miniature flying robot, inspired by the biology of a bee and the insect’s hive behavior. With support from the National Science Foundation and a program called Expeditions in Computing, Wood put together a diverse team of collaborators to get th