Robot hears by using the ear of a dead locust

Astute readers will recall the 'Smellicopter' from last fall, a robot that used an amputated moth antenna to navigate toward smells.

Robot-insect hybrids seems to be a hot area, because now a team at Tel Aviv University has announced the 'Ear-bot'—a robot tricked out with the ear of a dead locust, which it uses to hear. — Read the rest