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<img alt="Robot Venus flytrap" class="size-full wp-image-93950 aligncenter" height="271" mce_src="http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7868/06robotvenusflytrap1.jpg" src="http://img444.imageshack.us/img444/7868/06robotvenusflytrap1.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; clear: both; color: #444444; display: block; font-family: Georgia, 'Bitstream Charter', serif; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 0px; max-width: 640px;" title="Robot Venus flytrap" width="300" />A while ago we wrote about the Ecobot – a robot that can digest insects, food scraps, and sewage to power itself. Unfortunately the robot lacked the means to feed itself, until now. Some scientists have created a new robot that could possibly be used to power the EcoBot: a robot Venus fly trap.</div>
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Using shape-memory metal spring and a clamshell-shaped piece of carbon fiber, they’ve managed to create a robot that snaps shut when an insect lands on its “leaves”. When a current is applied to the spring, it resets the trap, and it’s good to go again. When these flytraps are combined with the Ecobot, they can create a self-sustainable fly killer. A viable and greener alternative to UV lures that waste power when turned on all day.</div>
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Robot Venus flytraps could eat bugs to fuel Ecobot

A while ago we wrote about the Ecobot – a robot that can digest insects, food scraps, and sewage to power itself. Unfortunately the robo...