Print-and-Fold Robot Parts

3D Printing & Imaging Robotics
Print-and-Fold Robot Parts
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This video has been released to promote a new research initiative between MIT, Harvard, and the University of Pennsylvania aiming to develop a rapid manufacturing system for one-off problem-solving robots:

Researchers hope to create a platform that would allow an individual to identify a household problem that needs assistance; then head to a local printing store to select a blueprint, from a library of robotic designs; and then customize an easy-to-use robotic device that could solve the problem. Within 24 hours, the robot would be printed, assembled, fully programmed and ready for action.

Seems like an ambitious program, to me, but I like the idea of using fold-up papercraft chassis parts for prototyping or short operational life designs. [Thanks, Rachel!]

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4 thoughts on “Print-and-Fold Robot Parts

  1. joe says:

    It reminds me of this thing called “the grid kit”: a cardboard robotics kit to help kids learn engineering and programing.

    1. joe says:

      …and they are made with a laser cutter.

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