This lab footage shows a robotic bee developed by researchers at Freie Universität Berlin as it "dances" to communicate with real bees. Read more in "Attack of the Robobees! A Mechanical Bee Tests Its Wings."
For more videos from Project RoboBee, visit their website.
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Rebecca J. Rosen is a senior editor at The Atlantic, where she oversees coverage of American constitutional law and government in the Battle for the Constitution series.