微机械技术的进步,使科学家们能够设计出象大的昆虫一样的机器人,它们装有各种传感器、光学装置及通信设备。随着进一步的微型化,科学家们预言,他们将会设计出肉眼几乎看不到的象螨虫一样大小的微机器人。这样的机器人能够进入间谍或侦察人员绝对无法进入的地方执行各种侦察与破坏任务,也能对飞机或卫星系统无法发现的地方(如茂密的树叶下)进行侦察。 Advances in micromechanical technology have enabled scientists to design robots that are large in size and equipped with sensors, optical devices and communications equipment. With further miniaturization, scientists predict they will design micro-robots that are barely visible to the naked eye as big as mites. Such robots can perform missions of reconnaissance and sabotage where spyware or reconnaissance personnel absolutely inaccessible, as well as where undetected aircraft or satellite systems, such as under dense foliage, can be reconnaissance.