1.0Institute for Security Science & Technologyhttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-instituteDuncan Swinscow-Hallhttps://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-institute/author/dswinsco/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="HXFfqfbQ9l"><a href="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-institute/2017/01/26/nature-autonomous-systems/">Worms, birds and insects inspire the robots of the future</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-institute/2017/01/26/nature-autonomous-systems/embed/#?secret=HXFfqfbQ9l" width="600" height="338" title="“Worms, birds and insects inspire the robots of the future” — Institute for Security Science & Technology" data-secret="HXFfqfbQ9l" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-institute/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> A post by Dr Silvia Ardila-Jiménez, Post-doctoral Research Associate, Imperial College London   The development of autonomous systems is one of the technology trends driving the fourth industrial revolution. Autonomous systems in transportation are perhaps the most widely talked about, but beyond this we’re already seeing systems deployed in sectors like environmental monitoring and agriculture. The […]https://blogs.imperial.ac.uk/security-institute/files/2017/01/hover-fly-1728191_1920_CC0-300x200.jpg