Harvard Creates Self-Assembling Miniature Bee Robots from Pop-Up Parts

Harvard researchers recently created a miniature mechanized bee called the Monolithic Bee or MoBee using a new technology that produces self-assembling three dimensional machines from flat sets of components. The bee robot is assembled using layers of differing materials on an assembly scaffold – the body of the bee folds together like a pop-up book, and once released from the scaffold it becomes an autonomous, ridged 3-D object whose wings flap when electrical current is applied. The technology could be used to create complex devices using manufacturing techniques similar to those used to make circuit boards. Read the rest of Harvard Creates Self-Assembling Miniature Bee Robots from Pop-Up Parts Permalink | Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: Harvard Bee Robot , mobee , Monolithic Bee , oragami robot , printed robot , robotic bee Excerpt from: Harvard Creates Self-Assembling Miniature Bee Robots from Pop-Up Parts

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Harvard Creates Self-Assembling Miniature Bee Robots from Pop-Up Parts