Self-Folding Robots
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Wyss Institute Core Faculty member Rob Wood, who is also the Charles River Professor of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Harvard’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), and SEAS Ph.D. student Sam Felton discuss their landmark achievement in robotics – getting a robot to assemble itself and walk away autonomously – as well as their vision for the future of robots that can be manufactured easily and inexpensively. More information: http://wyss.harvard.edu/viewpressrelease/162
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