Bake your own Robot: These printable robots self-assemble when heated
Posted: December 11, 2015
MIT researchers have found a way for easily creating Robots by assembling them from parts produced by 3D printers.
The researchers demonstrate the promise of printable robotic components that, when heated, automatically fold into prescribed three-dimensional configurations.
i-e 2D plastic sheets can be easily convereted into a 3D object just by applying heat.
The researcher came up with this innovation by exploring how origami techniques could be adapted in order to create reconfigurable robots.
Apart from robots, this technique can be used for creating any kind of three-dimensional objects.
And, the researchers developed an algorithm that would turn a 3D model of an object into a 2D physical structure so that the self-folding sheets can be created easily.