On 3D Printing » origami http://on3dprinting.com Tracking the emerging 3D Printing revolution! Wed, 22 Oct 2014 21:32:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 MIT Scientists Putting $10 Million Grant Toward 3D Printed Robots http://on3dprinting.com/2012/04/04/mit-scientists-putting-10-million-grant-toward-3d-printed-robots/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=mit-scientists-putting-10-million-grant-toward-3d-printed-robots http://on3dprinting.com/2012/04/04/mit-scientists-putting-10-million-grant-toward-3d-printed-robots/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 04:09:20 +0000 http://on3dprinting.com/?p=125

Researchers from MIT are embarking on a mission to ”make it possible for the average person to design, customize and print a specialized robot in a matter of hours.”

With a $10 million grant from the National Science Foundation, collaborators from MIT, Harvard and UPenn are hoping to “democratize access to robots” within 5 years.

The Potential Impact? 

Disposable, “origami-esque” robots could be printed on demand and programmed to perform tasks, from getting into hard-to-reach places to cleaning unsanitary surfaces and beyond. The goal of this research is to make robots accessible to everyone, thereby inspiring a new wave of technological innovation applied to real world challenges.

Below is a video of some of the prototype robots that have been built.

Read more at Wired.

 

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