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Sunday, February 26, 2012

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Rise Of The Robotic Bees

A Harvard Robobee prototype.

February 26, 2012 Researchers at Harvard have come up with a novel manufacturing process for building robotic bees, finding inspiration from the worlds of pop-up books and origami. They hope that within two years their bees will be flying on their own, perhaps in swarms.

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