Roblets: Robotic Tablets That Self-Assemble and Self-Fold into a Robot

Junyi Han,Daniela Rus,Shuhei Miyashita,Junyi Han,Daniela Rus,Shuhei Miyashita

Inspired by human proteins that are synthesized from only 20 types of amino acids, the development of self-assembly methods that allow robots to be built simply by randomly stirring the parts has been explored for many years. The key challenges include how to synthesize parts in pieces into a three-dimensional functional structure in a practical time, and subsequently, achieve a controlled robotic...