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Tiny 3-D-Printed Insect Robots Take Flight


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ornithopter robot

Credit: Charles Richter and Hod Lipson / Cornell University

A team of roboticists at Cornell University have created tiny flying robotic insects using 3-D printing. The flapping wings of the hovering robotic insects (known as ornithopters) are very thin, lightweight and yet strong.

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