Streaming video from live insects and tiny robots

>As if it’s not hard enough to make very small robots that can , once you’ve gotten the power and autonomy all figured out (good luck with that), your robot isn’t going to be all that useful unless it can carry some payload.

The very first sentence doesn't make any sense. I think there's a word missing. Also, the writing style throughout the article is choppy and hard to read. Too many commas?

Add some mind control and you have great a great spying device.

Would miniature spurs and reins work on a beetle?