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Programmable matter: MIT building self-assembling robots for space
MIT scientists are building ElectroVoxels, small, smart, self-assembling robots designed for space.
It's programmable matter, infinitely recyclable large-scale 3D printing, if you will, and it could be the future of robotics and machinery in space. In this TechFirst, I chat with MIT PhD student Martin Nisser
"Rather than building a robot or a structure in a top-down manner, we envision robots or structures as these modules of hundreds or thousands of small components or modules that can rearrange themselves with respect to their neighbors," Nisser says.
The mini-bots don't have actuators…
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