Robotic cubes with reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble Researchers created a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about who they connect with, enabling more scalable self-assembly. Video credits: CSAIL - MIT -------------------------------- How to get your company on Wevolver? Wevolver is a platform used by millions of engineers to stay up to date about the latest technologies. Learn how your company can connect with the community and rea

Scientists from CSAIL - MIT devised a scalable pipeline to computationally design and digitally fabricate soft pneumatic actuators, called “PneuAct.” PneuAct uses a machine knitting process — not dissimilar to your grandma's plastic needle knitting — but this machine operates autonomously. A human designer simply specifies the stitch and sensor design patterns in software to program how the actuator will move, and it can then be simulated before printing. The textile piece is fabricated by the k