Bat and robot

30 Animals That Made Us Smarter

BBC

Technology

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2019

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Picture the scene after a serious earthquake or a tornado. A flying robot inspired by bats could help survey the damage. There may be burst gas pipes, live electrical wires and many other dangers. Scientists have been studying bats to design an “eye in the sky” for use in exactly these situations. www.bbcworldservice.com/30animals With Patrick Aryee. #30Animals

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0:10.0	Oh, Now you don't need to know much about engineering to know that construction sites are
0:19.8	dangerous and busy places. Imagine a site where a new row of houses is being built.
0:26.1	There's lots of activity going on in different areas at different times.
0:29.9	To make that happen as efficiently as possible, various bits of machinery and building materials
0:35.2	are constantly moved from place to place.
0:38.4	Decision making can quickly become overwhelming and things don't always go to plan. So keeping track of developments is anything but easy.
0:48.0	But what if your job is to do just that?
0:51.0	Monitor progress all across the site and know exactly what's going on at any
0:55.8	point and providing your team with regular updates without stopping the ongoing work. How do you do it? Whilst you think about that, let me introduce myself.
1:07.0	Hello, I'm Patrick Ie and welcome to 30 Animals that Made Us smarter from the BBC World Service.
1:17.0	The podcast which reveals how animals like the Gecko, whale and bombardier beetle, which are featured in previous episodes,
1:24.2	have been helping us solve some really challenging problems.
1:27.4	If you haven't already, please do subscribe to the series
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