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MIT researchers developed a new approach to building deformable underwater robots, using simple repeating substructures. The team demonstrated the new system in two different example configurations, one like an eel and the other a wing-like hydrofoil.
Researchers at MIT have created assembling robots that are made up of the same components they use to build structures.
The MIT researchers’ study shows potential that their new robots can construct, move, lift, and manipulate objects on their own.
MIT researchers made significant steps toward creating robots that could practically and economically assemble nearly anything, including things much larger than themselves, from vehicles to buildings to larger robots. Their new study shows both assembler bots and components of the structure being built can all be made of the same subunits, and robots can move independently in large numbers to accomplish large-scale assemblies quickly.
Eleven sustainability-focused scientists make up the newest Cyclotron Road fellowship cohort at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, or Berkeley Lab.