# Artificial Muscles for Insect-Size Flying Robots

**URL:** https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificial-muscles-for-insect-size-flying-robots/632
**Category:** Context
**Tags:** robotics, artificial-muscles
**Created:** [26 December 2021 16:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificial-muscles-for-insect-size-flying-robots/632 "2021-12-26T16:00:03Z")
**Posts on this page:** 2
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### Author: ![johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/johnwalker/32/17415_2.png) [@johnwalker](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/johnwalker)
#### Post date: [26 December 2021 16:00 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificial-muscles-for-insect-size-flying-robots/632/1 "2021-12-26T16:00:03Z")

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[![](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/uploads/default/original/2X/5/58a7a86c718c799f61478628467efcab43a9c213.jpeg "Giving bug-like, flying robots a boost") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_YD01uuGtE)

Here are more details from _MIT News_, “[Giving bug-like bots a boost](https://news.mit.edu/2021/micro-robots-artificial-muscles-1216)”.

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### Author: ![civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/user_avatar/scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/civilwestman/32/25_2.png) [@civilwestman](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/u/civilwestman)
#### Post date: [26 December 2021 18:18 UTC](https://scanalyst.fourmilab.ch/t/artificial-muscles-for-insect-size-flying-robots/632/2 "2021-12-26T18:18:44Z")

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Wow. It’s the bees’ knees!