4D Printing: Self-Folding Strand
4D Printing: Self-Folding Strand
A collaboration between Stratasys & The Self-Assembly Lab at MIT, which is headed by Skylar Tibbits, a lecturer in the Department of Architecture.
Real-life Transformers?
Real-life Transformers? MIT researchers unveil (tiny) reconfigurable robots
This minuscule robot may be a harbinger of future devices that could fold themselves up into almost any shape imaginable.
Smart sand and robot pebbles
Smart sand and robot pebbles
Imagine that you have a big box of sand in which you bury a tiny model of a footstool. A few seconds later, you reach into the box and pull out a full-size footstool: The sand has assembled itself into a large-scale replica of the model.
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Brian Gerkey
Meet 2011 TR35 Winner Brian Gerkey
Gerkey describes his work at EmTech 2011: A common language for robots Willow Garage PROBLEM: People who want to program robots have had to either write software from scratch or purchase proprietary software that is hard to modify. SOLUTION:
Robots that Learn from People
Robots that Learn from People
Pieter Abbeel has programmed robots to learn how to perform tasks without detailed instructions. One robot can fold laundry, while others can fly model helicopters or tie sutures.