The new microchips can combine the camera and computer into one package.

The new microchips think like humans and see like eyes. Those systems combine the camera and computer into one entirety.  It makes the lightning-fast reactions for robots possible. Those microchips can revolutionize robotics. They can act as an intelligent eye prosthetic. There is the possibility to connect the retina microchips with the optic nerve. 

But if the optic nerve is damaged that system can communicate with a Neuralink-type brain implant that stimulates the viewing center. That kind of tool can also be used in small-size robots and drones. Those systems can connect those new microchips with the drone's control systems. And that allows developers to make smaller systems. 

The system can be used in systems that should see in every direction. These kinds of microchips can turn the observation abilities to a new level. If we cover some vehicles using those systems that makes it possible to see and react fast to things like incoming meteorites or maybe they can be used in tanks. If that kind of system is connected with the protective systems like Trophy that allows the system to react faster to incoming missiles. The system can begin the counter-actions faster. Another thing is that these kinds of systems can also protect satellites against incoming antisatellite weapons. 

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"RMIT PhD scholar and study first author Thiha Aung inspects the team’s neuromorphic vision device. Credit: Will Wright, RMIT University" (ScitechDaily, This Tiny Chip Sees Like an Eye, Thinks Like a Brain, and Remembers Instantly)

"Princeton scientists have created a magnetic, shape-shifting metamaterial, part robot, part origami, that could revolutionize fields from robotics to medicine. Credit: Princeton University" (ScitechDaily, Princeton Engineers Develop “Metabot” That Is Both a Material and a Robot)

"This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears." (ScitechDaily, Princeton Engineers Develop “Metabot” That Is Both a Material and a Robot)

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That thing is very important in the new technologies like systems that turn a person invisible. The invisibility cloak or armor can look like samurai armor or Darth Vader's suit in Star Wars movies. There are screens on the suit. And the cameras on opposite sides of the suit can turn the person hollow. That kind of chameleon suit makes a person invisible to the human eye. The new microchips are also required in the new interactive materials, which are the same time robots and materials. Those systems can make the self-repairing structures possible. 

The idea is that structure. That you see as a solid, or united form of the small robots. Those robots are like Legos that can touch each other. If something breaks that structure, the repairments come from the warehouse, and then the damaged parts of the structure are removed. Those bites replace the damaged thing. 

The new system, called “Metabot" is the system that combines materials and robots. Those systems can be used in many missions like fixing leaking oil and gas tubes. The system must only find the point where the leak is. And then cover it. That makes this new microchip a very effective tool. 

https://scitechdaily.com/princeton-engineers-develop-metabot-that-is-both-a-material-and-a-robot/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trophy_(countermeasure)

https://scitechdaily.com/this-tiny-chip-sees-like-an-eye-thinks-like-a-brain-and-remembers-instantly/