RoboBee

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RoboBee is a small flapping-wing robot modeled on one of the busiest and most useful insects of all time: the bee. The goal is to create a colony of robotic bees that mimic the behavior of real bees.

Creator: Harvard University
Country: United States 🇺🇸
Year: 2009
Type: Aerospace, Research

Creator: Harvard University

Country: United States 🇺🇸

Year: 2009

Type: Aerospace, Research

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Did You Know?

One type of RoboBee is completely printable, assembling itself out of a sequence of flat layers like a pop-up book.

All RoboBees will be male and will not be able to sting you. Electrocute, maybe, but not sting.

Specs

FEATURES: Modular, easy-to-fabricate design. Equipped with bio-inspired actuators, sensors, and flying control mechanisms.
HEIGHT: N/A cm | N/A in
LENGTH: N/A cm | N/A in
WIDTH: 3 cm | 1.2 in
WEIGHT: 0.00005 kg | 0.0001 lb to 0.0002 kg | 0.0004 lb (depending on version)
SPEED: 3.6 km/h | 2.2 mph

SENSORS: Gyroscopes, optical flow sensors, ocelli sensor (insect-inspired horizon detection sensors).
ACTUATORS: Piezoelectric bending bimorph cantilevers
POWER: Tethered
COMPUTING: N/A
SOFTWARE: Custom software
DEGREES OF FREEDOM (DOF): 3 to 5 (depending on model)
MATERIALS: Combination of various materials, including composites, ceramics, polymers, and metals. "Pop-up book MEMS" fabrication method.
COST: N/A
STATUS: Ongoing
HISTORY: N/A
WEBSITE: http://micro.seas.harvard.edu