Engineers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have developed an AI-driven robotic assembly system lets users build ...

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(Nanowerk News) Scientists have developed a platform for assembling nanosized material components, or “nano-objects,” of very different types—inorganic or organic—into desired 3-D structures. Though ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Nanotechnology research groups around the world are actively pursuing the dream of building nanomachines that mimic biological motors and that can convert chemical into mechanical ...

Sure, flat-pack furniture is inexpensive and easy to transport, but when you open the box the first question almost everyone asks is, “Wouldn't it be great if it would assemble itself?” You could get ...

Researchers at MIT are finding ways to make objects and buildings construct themselves, such as this rock-and-string structure MIT collaborated with ETH Zurich on display at the Chicago Biennial.

If Terminator 2 taught us anything, it was that a properly timed thumbs-up can make us cry. Also, autonomous, self-shaping blobs are a must-have on our checklist for the future. Think of these ‘smart ...

When Skylar Tibbits drops a plastic-like rod into a tub of water, it starts to take shape, turning into a cube. It’s a result of what he calls 4-D printing, which adds the fourth dimension, time, to ...