Printing objects that can incorporate living organisms
A 3D printing system that controls the behavior of live bacteria could someday enable medical devices with therapeutic agents built in.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Jan. 23, 2020 | mit~7 mins
Tags: 3-d-printing design manufacturing media-lab research synthetic-biology school-of-architecture-and-planning
How to design and control robots with stretchy, flexible bodies
Optimizing soft robots to perform specific tasks is a huge computational problem, but a new model can help.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Nov. 22, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Assembler robots make large structures from little pieces
Systems of tiny robots may someday build high-performance structures, from airplanes to space settlements.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Oct. 16, 2019 | mit~9 mins
Tags: research school-of-architecture-and-planning center-for-bits-and-atoms robots self-assembly 3-d-printing robotics nasa
Engineers put Leonardo da Vinci’s bridge design to the test
Proposed bridge would have been the world’s longest at the time; new analysis shows it would have worked.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | Oct. 9, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: civil-and-environmental-engineering materials-science-and-engineering school-of-engineering architecture history school-of-architecture-and-planning research 3-d-printing
This flat structure morphs into shape of a human face when temperature changes
New structural design could lead to self-deploying tents or adaptive robotic fins.
Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | Sept. 30, 2019 | mit~8 mins
Tags: 3-d-printing mechanical-engineering research school-of-engineering national-science-foundation-nsf robotics
Objects can now change colors like a chameleon
Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory team creates new reprogrammable ink that lets objects change colors using light.
Rachel Gordon | CSAIL | Sept. 10, 2019 | mit~6 mins
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Ultrathin 3-D-printed films convert energy of one form into another
Low-cost “piezoelectric” films produce voltage when under strain, could be used for flexible electronic components and more.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | Aug. 28, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Computer-aided knitting
New research from the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory uses machine learning to customize clothing designs.
Rachel Gordon | CSAIL | Aug. 6, 2019 | mit~7 mins
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Automated system generates robotic parts for novel tasks
When designing actuators involves too many variables for humans to test by hand, this system can step in.
Rob Matheson | MIT News Office | July 12, 2019 | mit~8 mins
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Tiny motor can “walk” to carry out tasks
Mobile motor could pave the way for robots to assemble complex structures — including other robots.
David L. Chandler | MIT News Office | July 2, 2019 | mit~5 mins
Tags: research school-of-architecture-and-planning center-for-bits-and-atoms robots self-assembly 3-d-printing robotics
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