Colin Balfour, a sophomore studying robotics engineering, flies a small drone at a simulated night flight at a laboratory at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025, in Worcester, Mass.

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“Bats are amazing,” Nitin Sanket, assistant professor of robotics engineering said. “We are nowhere close to what nature has achieved.”

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