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

02/21/2012
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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  • Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee
    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 whosewings 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....<br><br><a href='https://inhabitat.com/harvards-pop-up-bee-robots-use-new-process-to-print-complex-machines/'>READ ARTICLE</a>
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Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory MoBee

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 whosewings 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....

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