Internals of 3D printed “print and fold” robot. [Image source: MIT CSAIL] Robot design traditionally separates the body geometry from the mechanics of the gait, but they both have a profound ...

By combining inspiration from the digital world of polygon meshing and the biological world of swarm behavior, the Mori3 robot can morph from 2D triangles into almost any 3D object. The research ...

Conventional robots, like those used in industry and hazardous environments, are easy to model and control, but are too rigid ...

Rethinking 3D printing for robots In a VCJ system, along with a 3D printer , there is a 3D laser scanner that visually inspects each layer for surface irregularities as it’s deposited.

Robotic construction has taken another step forward with the Future Tree, a recently completed timber canopy built with robots in a project by Gramazio Kohler Research and ETH Zurich. Completed in ...

“In our robot, we control the motion through constraining the geometry in very specific ways.” The design comprised a 3D-printed body with four attached tubes bent at the bottom to form the ...