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Building a Robotic Bee With MEMS 3D Printing

Basically, microscale 3D printing the same way a popup book creates a three-dimensional shape.

The Harvard Monolithic Bee is a millimeter-scale flapping wing robotic insect produced using Printed Circuit MEMS (PC-MEMS) techniques. This video describes the manufacturing process, including pop-up book inspired assembly.

[via Ponoko]

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2 Responses to Building a Robotic Bee With MEMS 3D Printing

  2. namssorg on said:

    What software are you using to show the CAD animations? They look great.

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