<![CDATA[I don’t care if it’s unreasonable.]]>I don’t care if it’s unreasonable.

To properly study ants I need an ANTROV (ant remote operated vehicle)

This would be a tiny robot. Ant sized, with antenna and cameras and sensors so you can go into the nest and find out what the heck is going on in there!

This is one of the main reasons I follow robotics TBH.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/0cb6ad66-4767-424e-8062-138dde55ffd3/i-don-t-care-if-it-s-unreasonable.RSS for NodeWed, 22 Apr 2026 14:31:44 GMTMon, 13 Apr 2026 18:58:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:20:18 GMT]]>@TheSecondVariation@graz.social @futurebird@sauropods.win So pill cameras are about 25mm long and 10mm in diameter, which is about the size of the larger bugs myrmepropagandist mentioned...

If you could make those move somehow you'd be most of the way there.

That said, I don't know how ants would react to a pill with a lamp on it shuffling through their nest, but it'd probably affect whatever ant behaviour you're trying to observe.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/al1563n1lwwy018dhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/al1563n1lwwy018dMon, 13 Apr 2026 19:20:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:17:24 GMT]]>@grumpasaurus @futurebird Check availability in your area with your ZIP code.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116270477489898408/statuses/116399003708401055https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116270477489898408/statuses/116399003708401055Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:17:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:15:59 GMT]]>@Sea1Am @futurebird I think I meant something like this https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/capsule-endoscopy/about/pac-20393366

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/TheSecondVariation/statuses/116398998119132159https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/TheSecondVariation/statuses/116398998119132159Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:15:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:14:55 GMT]]>@TheSecondVariation @futurebird

This.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116398993930343398https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116398993930343398Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:14:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:12:31 GMT]]>@futurebird now could you make a wireless camera that was, like, tiny enough to hide in a grain of corn or something else that an ant might carry back to the nest. pinhead-sized camera

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116398984484008299https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116398984484008299Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:12:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:12:16 GMT]]>@futurebird

Wouldn't the ants attack and destroy it as a nest invader?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richpuchalsky/statuses/116398983526604117https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richpuchalsky/statuses/116398983526604117Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:09:17 GMT]]>@futurebird
"So... why is your prototype 10 meters long and 3 meters high?"

"Imagine the possibilities if we had a whole nest of them!"

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116398971788914481https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116398971788914481Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:09:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:08:40 GMT]]>@futurebird isn't there a rebecca romijn movie out with a shrink ray

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpasaurus/statuses/116398969345085872https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpasaurus/statuses/116398969345085872Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:08:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:07:47 GMT]]>@futurebird Surgical fibre-optic guided probe, maybe?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ersatzmaus/statuses/116398965871863832https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ersatzmaus/statuses/116398965871863832Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:07:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:06:27 GMT]]>@futurebird But how would dthe antsreact to one of those?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/116398960645934824https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/116398960645934824Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:06:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:05:40 GMT]]>@futurebird I mean there is pretty small medical equipment that you can swallow that will take pictures of your guts no? Put some phereomones or stuff on that and they carry it to the queen or something like that no?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/TheSecondVariation/statuses/116398957532805218https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://graz.social/users/TheSecondVariation/statuses/116398957532805218Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:05:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:03:31 GMT]]>@futurebird i'm pretty sure they have cockroach-sized versions of this

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/goaty/statuses/116398949099792753https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://meow.social/users/goaty/statuses/116398949099792753Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:03:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:53 GMT]]>Some ants are 3cm long. So it could be that size to start.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116398946599075606https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116398946599075606Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:33 GMT]]>@futurebird

Sadly ant-sized robots will be weaponized as soon as they're created.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116398945331248066https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116398945331248066Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:33 GMT