With inspiration from nature and some help from research at the massachusetts institute of technology news - web sites a team led by carnegie mellon engineering professor metin sitti built a tiny robot that can walk on water much like the insects known as water skimmers or jesus bugs . it ' s only a prototype but some researchers imagine the water - skimming robot could have many uses 受大自然灵感的启发和在美国马萨诸塞理工学院研究人员帮助下，美国carnegie mellon大学工程学教授metin sitti领导的团队，试制成功了世界上第一台能在水上行走的微型机器人，它犹如水上蜻蜓类的昆虫动物。
