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Cornell Roboticists Print Tiny, Flapping Ornithopter

by Terrence O'Brien on March 23, 2011 at 03:50 PM

Rapid prototyping and 3-D printing continue to find new uses, the latest neat-o product being these tiny ornithopters (machines that fly by flapping wings). Cornell roboticists printed themselves a minuscule 3.89-gram ornithopter -- a creation that would normally take days to design and build, but took mere minutes with the 3-D printing equipment. Check out the video above of the dragonfly-like 'bot flying and hovering.

Tags: 3dPrinting, design, ornithopter, robots, top

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