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In the future, we may be able to design and print our own robots that we can control with a smartphone and, oh wait, we can do that today? Daniela Rus, a MacArthur Fellow and head of the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory at MIT, is pioneering the science of printable, foldable and DIY robotics with support from the National Science Foundation.
Working with researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard University, the project is building a future where 3-D robotic systems can be produced using 2-D desktop technology fabrication methods and programmed using simple natural language commands. This would be a big departure from today's typical robotics design process.Image credit: Harvard's Wyss Institute
