Once we can control any material—from metal to wood to plastic—static objects will become a thing of the past. Plants moving toward the sun, proteins folding into complex structures in respo... Read more
“With our grippers we’re able to handle a wide range of different objects on the same manufacturing line.” The robot gripper invented by researchers at the University of Chicago and Co... Read more
Cornell researchers have 3-D printed a working loudspeaker, seamlessly integrating the plastic, conductive and magnetic parts, and ready for use almost as soon as it comes out of the printer... Read more
FABRICATED: The New World of 3D Printing is a text that works to illuminate 3D printing’s role in undermining the rigidity of manufacturing. This is accomplished by providing an on-demand pr... Read more
The new insight also will help evolve artificial intelligence, so robot brains can acquire the grace and cunning of animals. By simulating 25,000 generations of evolution within computers, C... Read more
Design software company Autodesk has teamed up with bioprinting company Organovo to try to deliver us the future of personalized medicine: new organs that can be printed up just for you. Tak... Read more
Armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up towers and skyscrapers Like something straight out of “Star Wars,” armies of robots could nimbly be crawling up towers and sky... Read more
A robotic biologist While some people may have been impressed (or intimidated) by the recent development of a system that automatically raises and analyzes cell cultures, it turns out that a... Read more