MIT press release about programmable matter and robots

[darksumomo]

MIT: Shape-shifting robots
Self-folding sheets of a plastic-like material could lead to robots that can assume any conceivable 3-D structure
written by: Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - By combining origami and electrical engineering, researchers at MIT and Harvard are working to develop the ultimate reconfigurable robot - one

Comments

[dragondances]

I love that he said they're effectively trying to build a Transformer. :P

[knives_chau18]

That is amazing!