<![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://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/3c331004-c9c7-48ba-90b1-8a36d2dd3e02/i-don-t-care-if-it-s-unreasonable.RSS for NodeTue, 21 Apr 2026 14:57:04 GMTMon, 13 Apr 2026 18:58:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:52:01 GMT]]>@ClaireH@blahaj.zone @TheSecondVariation@graz.social @futurebird@sauropods.win

It will enrich your life now to know, that it's a Polish word fo a cannon.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/c48ed7b3-6189-44ad-ac05-1eef6e5cf6e8https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/c48ed7b3-6189-44ad-ac05-1eef6e5cf6e8Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:52:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:51:01 GMT]]>@makary @ClaireH @TheSecondVariation

Just a moment...

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(www.antwiki.org)

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399135884593514https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399135884593514Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:51:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:50:18 GMT]]>@ClaireH@blahaj.zone @TheSecondVariation@graz.social @futurebird@sauropods.win

…where did the name 'Armata' come from..?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/191cb8d0-217c-40dc-a8a6-a1ffa728173dhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meowing.men/fediverse/post/191cb8d0-217c-40dc-a8a6-a1ffa728173dMon, 13 Apr 2026 19:50:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:49:01 GMT]]>@ClaireH @TheSecondVariation

"Anita! That's not a baby! That's spyware!"
"Don't be silly, this poor little baby was lying in the sun! suffering. I've brought her inside where she will be safe."
"OK why does she keep flashing like that?"
"She's a little different. I won't let you bully her, Armata."
"You are the most gullible ant in the world. They are spying on us!"
"And just who is 'they' ...."
"I don't know... the ... the ones who spy. Come on it's creepy!"

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399127988268163https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399127988268163Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:49:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:42:11 GMT]]>@wakame

Listen folks either the cameras get smaller or the ants get bigger, you decide how this is going to go.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399101179325173https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399101179325173Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:42:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:41:31 GMT]]>@wakame

I love the way you think.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399098510826903https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399098510826903Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:41:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:41:15 GMT]]>@ClaireH @TheSecondVariation

There are some butterflies whose larvae cause ants to carry them into their nest and put them in the brood. I wonder if one could steal some hydrocarbons from the surface of one of those larvae and slather it on a pill camera then the ants would pick it up and take you on a tour.

I guess getting it back might be the issue...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399097463399712https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399097463399712Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:41:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:36:59 GMT]]>@richpuchalsky

Maybe. But if you could let it pick up the colony scent they might not care.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399080671381697https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116399080671381697Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:36:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I don’t care if it’s unreasonable. on Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:35:43 GMT]]>@richpuchalsky @futurebird you gotta make it out of diamond and titanium and every material that sounds cool. that way it will be indestructable.

also if the vehicle is unlike-enough from anything the ants perceive as threats than it should prooobably be fine?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sofia/statuses/116399075726477796https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://chaos.social/users/sofia/statuses/116399075726477796Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:35:43 GMT<![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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://blahaj.zone/notes/al1563n1lwwy018dhttps://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116270477489898408/statuses/116399003708401055https://board.circlewithadot.net/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 19:14:55 GMT]]>@TheSecondVariation @futurebird

This.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116313284892040418/statuses/116398993930343398https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://seattle.pink/ap/users/115855847980876292/statuses/116398984484008299https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/richpuchalsky/statuses/116398983526604117https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/wakame/statuses/116398971788914481https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/grumpasaurus/statuses/116398969345085872https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ersatzmaus/statuses/116398965871863832https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.scribblers.club/users/Anke/statuses/116398960645934824https://board.circlewithadot.net/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 19:03:31 GMT]]>@futurebird i'm pretty sure they have cockroach-sized versions of this

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://meow.social/users/goaty/statuses/116398949099792753https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sauropods.win/users/futurebird/statuses/116398946599075606https://board.circlewithadot.net/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://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116398945331248066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.treehouse.systems/users/angelastella/statuses/116398945331248066Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:02:33 GMT