The use of the robot's technology has in the military circle been begun since long before. Among them the use of the robot of the bomb tamer in unity of police, the aircraft robot/UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) for the need of the reconnaissance mission, or as the detector sniper.
Moreover now, the robot's technology has been used as main military equipment in the Air Force (the USAF) and the Navy (NAVY) the United States, to replace their fighter.
The evolution of technology continued to go together with time. Recently, one of the American companies carried out the test of an equipment that were expected as the spy's equipment berbetuk American insects of the order of the intelligence body, Central Intellgence of America (the CIA). The implement was Robobugs/the robot of the spy's insects.
Robobugs could it was hoped become the implement to spy on the opponent without being known by the opponent because have the shape of and measuring like original insects, and was scheduled to carry out the test in the range 2007-2008.
The requirement would an equipment to observe the enemy without being realised by the opponent really was needed by the spy's agencies for the achievement of the mission in the field. The CIA as the organisation of the spy who was famous in the world, really realised this matter.
The CIA request on the need of the spy's newest equipment, it was responded positive the US government that afterwards was continued to Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Further, DARPA then asked the researchers from the developer's company to carry out the research made a product revolutionary.
In fact the production project of the robot of the spy's insects has been planned since the world war of II. Data Departemen of the American Defence said, the United States government made almost 100 models of the spy's robot resemble the animal.
But to make the model of the insects robot, technology could not at the time reach him, because of needing many fees and time to carry out the research. Several experts said, impossible made the robot of insects.
However afterwards, in the last 30 years, the CIA through a research and development body, turn on came back this project by the name of “Insecthocopter”
At the time the development “Insecthocopter” used technology cyborg, was proper for famous science fiction films in this era. His developer's company tried to invest one chips the computer on the original insects body
The form “insecthocopter” resembled with Etomopter now and adopted technology termuktahir in his period. However in the long run, this program was cancelled because “insecthocopter” was not able to remain in the strong wind attack in air.
The death of the development program “Insecthocopter” did not withdraw asked the CIA to continue to develop one of the spy's vehicles with the form resembled insects. The production project of this robot of the spy's insects was begun again in 2000 by giving the development right to private enterprise's side.
Several people of the researcher from various companies began to carry out the development research robobug this. Various methods were also carried out by them to make one of the spy's robots have the shape of insects. The unique method was then followed, as researching again the project robobug old, with invested chip the computer that was better to original insects, made cyborg insects, and there are those that made the insects robot from zero
All that was carried out by the researchers to get a patent rights from the government, also at the same time getting a long-term contract for the development and the procurement of the spy's equipment from the CIA.
In the long run, patent rights were given to the company Georgian Tech Reseach Corporation on the discovery of their official named Robert Michelson, that is Etomopter. Etomopter or was mentioned also with Elektromekanik Multi Fungsi insects, was a robot had the ability to carry out the function of the supervision in the room.
The Etomopter task of carrying out the supervision in the room was supported with the capacity to be proper for an insect, as flying in the channel of air ventilation, lif and merangkak among door gaps. Parts of Etomopter consist of; the body pesawat. was proper for the aircraft, etomopter had the body to accommodate the machine and all equipment.
The wings. Etomopter had two wings in front and behind the body among the body, berkonfigurasi like the letter of X. Sayap this was made from fibre fibre so as to have the strong but flexible structure. Reciprocating Chemical Muscle (RCM). It was a functioning machine was proper for a living creatures muscle, functioned to menggerakan the Etomopter wings. Sensor. this implement was in the camera and had a function of seeing front scenery, samping and behind Etomopter.
The camera. The first Etomopter prototype only had few cameras to carry out the function of reconnaissance. However in his development, the last Etomopter version was equipped the camera was more sophisticated. The control of land mechanics was navigation equipment when Etomopter carried out the task/the tracing mission in the mainland. Foot-foot, also was mentioned sebagi the land motivator, this part contained equipment anti proceeded/rolled and the implement of the fuel cross-section.
For the source affair of the fuel, Etomopter menggunnakan the fuel came from the reaction of chemistry. One monopropelant disuntikan in the Etomopter body so as to provoke the reaction of chemistry that produced the fuel. The fuel produced by the reaction of the chemistry would menggerakan pistons in fuselage, these pistons will be connected to the spring on a pair of wing so as these wings mengepakan the wings repeatedly.
Some gas that was produced will be issued through available ventilation on the wings so as to lift the body of electronics insects to air, through these ventilations also Etomopter could bermanufer in air. Etomopter that was developed Georgian Tech Research Corporation had the measurement of the wingspan 10 inchi/25 centimeter, this measurement was still being too big for the measurement of the insects robot. The measurement that was needed by the CIA was the measurement like original insects, so as the opponent will be deceived because his measurement resembled original insects.
Georgia Tech Research Corporation continued to develop Etomopter until achieving the measurement of original insects by developing the RCM form that was more slender and more flexible. The process of the Etomopter development of becoming an insects robot who was wanted by the CIA took up time till approximately eight years.
Just to 2007-2008, the robot of the spy's insects who was desired was born, with the measurement of the wingspan of only 7.5 centimeter as well as had heavy 10 gram. When carrying out the field test, DARPA carried out the supervision. The newest prototype robobugs this could bring two cameras that was despised in front and under the body robobugs. This camera was supplemented with the censor to comprehend each movement from the object that was supervised.
Artist's rendition of the Astrobotic lunar digger in operation on the moon's surface.
