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While highly effective, these approaches require significant computing power, memory, and energy, resources that may be difficult to scale down to small flying robots, in which every gram of weight and every milliwatt of power matters.
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New Atlas, 8 June 2026
This is measured as irradiance (milliwatts per square centimeter) and fluence (total energy delivered) which is determined by the length of exposure.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Together, these enable the robot to estimate obstacle locations in 3D and navigate safely using milliwatt-level sensing power.
—Nitin Sanket, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
James Provost In practical terms, this shouldn’t create any noticeable interference, given that this transmitter puts out milliwatts at most and floats miles away from the nearest receiver.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
The measured heat flow is 46 milliwatts per square meter, which compared to Earth is two-thirds the heat loss through our continental plates.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The design achieved power densities of 639 milliwatts/cm², which is the amount of electrical power generated per square centimeter of fuel cell area.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
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New Atlas, 8 June 2026
This is measured as irradiance (milliwatts per square centimeter) and fluence (total energy delivered) which is determined by the length of exposure.
—Jesse Pines, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
Together, these enable the robot to estimate obstacle locations in 3D and navigate safely using milliwatt-level sensing power.
—Nitin Sanket, The Conversation, 27 Mar. 2026
James Provost In practical terms, this shouldn’t create any noticeable interference, given that this transmitter puts out milliwatts at most and floats miles away from the nearest receiver.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Jan. 2026
The measured heat flow is 46 milliwatts per square meter, which compared to Earth is two-thirds the heat loss through our continental plates.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Nov. 2025
The design achieved power densities of 639 milliwatts/cm², which is the amount of electrical power generated per square centimeter of fuel cell area.
—Tejasri Gururaj, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2025
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milliwatt
noun
mil·li·watt
ˈmil-ə-ˌwät 
: one thousandth of a watt
—abbreviation mW
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