The US Navy is funding the development of a million dollar robot surveillance system that can spy on humans. Researchers from Cornell University are planning to create a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around and carry out surveillance as a'single entity with many eyes'. A lump sum of $1.7m was handed over to the researchers by the U.S. Office of Naval Research, which is dedicated to developing new forms of military and civilian technology. Researchers from Cornell University are planning to create a system to enable teams of robots to share information as they move around and carry out surveillance as a'single entity with many eyes' It wants to develop a system which lets teams of surveillance robots gather and share intelligence'at the speed of light'. Beyond surveillance, the new technology might help when teams of robots relieve humans of dangerous jobs like disposing of landmines, cleaning up after a nuclear meltdown or surveying the damage after a flood or hurricane.