Gizmag One oven-baked robot to go, please

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Lots of people make their own robots, and in all sorts of ways, but have you ever heard of anyone baking one in an oven? Researchers at MIT have demonstrated how to create self-assembling bodies that fold together when baked, as well as showing how a similar technique can be used to generate electronic components to control them... Continue Reading One oven-baked robot to go, please

Section: Robotics

Tags: 4D Printing, Engineering, IEEE, MIT, Robots, Self-Assembly, Sensors, University of Tokyo, University of Zurich

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