ROBOTIC INSECT SIZED DRONES DEVELOPED AT HARVARD MICRO ROBOTICS LAB
Andrew Baisch has been developing the robots over the last five years while earning his PhD under the principal investigator, Professor Rob Wood. Quick assembly of the prototypes was made possible by the lab’s Printed Circuit Microelectromechanical Systems (PC-MEMS) manufacturing method, where materials are sandwiched together in 23 microscopic layers and laser cut into patterns. Flexible materials in the pattern serve as hinges, allowing panels to be folded into three dimensional shapes much like the pages in a children’s pop-up book (though some components are still assembled by hand).
Though there’s much work to be done before miniature robots move exactly like insects, Harvard Microrobotics Lab is making strides with ...
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