An artificial world

A robot zoo has opened in Portugal. A robotarium complete with 45 robots including 14 different species are living together in a glass structure. Interacting with each other and the public the robots crawl, roll, slither around their cage under solar power. Proving that robots are only human some even have a vicious streak attacking their smaller counterparts.

But that's not all. While the robots in the robotarium may look like something a two year old might draw in crayon, there is a more sinister side to robot animals. As nanotechnology advances Cornell University is injecting "microfluidic devices" into larvae, which when hatched become insects with a machine component that can then be used for monitoring and security surveillance. It's working the other way too, scientists are putting insects inside robots so the wee beastie can control a machine.

So next time you see a moth in your room better think twice about killing it.

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