3D Printer Makes Tiny Robotic Flyers
Hod Lipson and Charlie Richter use a 3D printer to create smaller and more efficient wings for flying robotic insects. It can make features that are only 16 micrometers and films about 40 micrometers thick in less than an hour. Their latest 4-winged bot was printed from polyester films on carbon fiber rods, weighs a mere 3.89 grams and can hover for up to 85 seconds.
Via New Scientist
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