I can imagine having them used as killer bee guards for indoor use - even if they're helpless outdoors. Well to not only think of weapons usage - they could be used for lots of tasks indoors (painting walls/ceilings for instance :D).
Preventing insects that can carry harmful diseases from entering sterile environments - tropical hospitals could be designed with a long entry hallway swarming with little bots designed to catch flies and mosquitos.
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You don't need an arbitrary environment.
I can imagine having them used as killer bee guards for indoor use - even if they're helpless outdoors. Well to not only think of weapons usage - they could be used for lots of tasks indoors (painting walls/ceilings for instance :D).
Catching litter before it hits the floor!
Shooing cats off the table.
Preventing insects that can carry harmful diseases from entering sterile environments - tropical hospitals could be designed with a long entry hallway swarming with little bots designed to catch flies and mosquitos.
It might be more cost effective to have the robots install mosquito netting.
It's 2011. I want some future, damnit!
Regarding mosquitoes - I'd propose that we mount anti mosquito lazers on the copterz.