Hummingbird beak points the way to future micro machine design

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By | David Nutt , Cornell Chronicle

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Provided This metamaterial robot, which can morph into different shapes, is the type of machine Cornell researchers hope to build at the microscale using a new design paradigm inspired by the operation of proteins and hummingbird beaks.