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Micro-robot Exoskeletons With Rigid-flex PCBs

September 3, 2026 | Anaya Vardya, American Standard Circuits

Building a robot the size of a cockroach requires rethinking every assumption of conventional mechanical and electrical engineering. At the centimeter scale, wire harnesses become unmanageable tangles, rigid chassis structures become disproportionately heavy, and conventional connectors dwarf the components they're meant to join. Rigid-flex PCBs offer a radical solution: Make the circuit board the skeleton.

I-Connect007 Editor’s Choice: Five Must-Reads for the Week

September 3, 2026 | Michelle Te, I-Connect007

As a longtime journalist, I always find myself pulled in so many directions of curiosity. I’ve often felt like the saying, “A jack of all trades, master of none.” It seems to be the price I’ve paid as a writer and editor, delving into so many different corners of industry, community, and the human condition. But that’s also why I love this week’s collection of must-reads. From novel flexible circuits to modernizing IPC standards, a trade show in the burgeoning China Plus One region, Mexico’s manufacturing moment, and opportunities for workforce development, we’ve gone around the world and back again. We touch on so many aspects of the industry, and especially the opportunities and challenges of keeping up with change.

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