This video shows a honeybee (marked with a green box) following the waggle dance of our "RoboBee". For the first time in the history of men and honeybees, a robot is able to "talk to the bees".
The honeybee dance is an intriguingly complex communication behavior that we are investigating at Free University Berlin. The video shows a slow motion recording of a honeybee dancer and a bee following her dance moves.
How do bees communicate locations of food sources? Scientists at Freie Universität Berlin have developed a honeybee robot to investigate the dance communication system. This video gives a summary of the project's motivation and current results.