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Smallest flapping bot yet

Posted by Chris Anderson on July 23, 2008 at 9:32pm

Bart Remes and his team at the Technical University of Delft have just produced the smallest-ever flapping wing robot (ornithopter) with a built-in camera.With a wingspan of just 10 centimetres (4"), the DelFly could easily be confused with a real dragonfly. Not yet autonomous, but a good candidate for a mouse-chip optical flow autopilot. (Thanks to Protein for the tip)

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  • Genesis Factor July 25, 2008 at 8:39pm
    well there ARE those micro helis, and they are a touch smaller, but suck. this one looks like an insect!
  • Jack Crossfire July 25, 2008 at 7:47pm
    surely someone must be working on a rotor craft which is even smaller
  • Genesis Factor July 25, 2008 at 3:46pm
    sigh...i still want one...
  • Genesis Factor July 24, 2008 at 9:37am
    what is the flight time on this thing? Me likey
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