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Elisa Franco's talk at the workshop on nucleic acids, synthetic biology and artificial life ... In the video, three Kilobots are used as seed robots (reference) for the coordinate axis. Other Kilobots (builders) start their journey ... This paper introduces a method to generate highly selective encodings that can be magnetically ” June 3 (Bloomberg) --- What if if a table or a bridge could build itself? If researchers at the usBot: Introductory experiments depicting three fundamental capabilities of the Presenter: Skylar Tibbits - Director, MIT

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Programmable self-assembly in a thousand-robot swarm

Programmable self-assembly in a thousand-robot swarm

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Elisa Franco: Dynamic self-assembly of encapsulated DNA nanotubes

Elisa Franco: Dynamic self-assembly of encapsulated DNA nanotubes

Elisa Franco's talk at the workshop on nucleic acids, synthetic biology and artificial life ...

Programmable self-assembly in a 6-robot swarm of Kilobots  (20x)

Programmable self-assembly in a 6-robot swarm of Kilobots (20x)

In the video, three Kilobots are used as seed robots (reference) for the coordinate axis. Other Kilobots (builders) start their journey ...

Selective Self-Assembly using Re-Programmable Magnetic Pixels

Selective Self-Assembly using Re-Programmable Magnetic Pixels

This paper introduces a method to generate highly selective encodings that can be magnetically ”

It's Not Magic: Watch How Smart Parts Self-Assemble

It's Not Magic: Watch How Smart Parts Self-Assemble

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What is molecular self-assembly?

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usBot: A Programmable Self-Assembly Robot (Primitive Behaviors)

usBot: A Programmable Self-Assembly Robot (Primitive Behaviors)

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4-D Printing and the Self-Assembly Revolution with Skylar Tibbits at MIT CTL Crossroads

4-D Printing and the Self-Assembly Revolution with Skylar Tibbits at MIT CTL Crossroads

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In-Class Lecture | Skylar Tibbits: Self Assembly and Programmable Material

In-Class Lecture | Skylar Tibbits: Self Assembly and Programmable Material

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Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble without needing computation, sensing & actuation

Reprogrammable materials selectively self-assemble without needing computation, sensing & actuation

MIT researchers create a method for magnetically programming materials to make cubes that are very picky about what they ...

Nano Architecture 2: Programmable Self-Assembly of the Hart Gyrangle Polyhedron @ Kindai i-CORE

Nano Architecture 2: Programmable Self-Assembly of the Hart Gyrangle Polyhedron @ Kindai i-CORE

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Nano Architecture 1: Programmable Self-Assembly of the Petrie-Coxeter Polyhedron @ Kindai i-CORE

Nano Architecture 1: Programmable Self-Assembly of the Petrie-Coxeter Polyhedron @ Kindai i-CORE

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Programmable Self-Assembly on a 1000 Robot Swarm: Science 2014, Video 1

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Self-Assembly at All Scales - From Molecular to Galactic Levels & Programmable Matter

Self-Assembly at All Scales - From Molecular to Galactic Levels & Programmable Matter

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DNMW03 | Prof. Alex Travesset | Soft Skyrmions and Programmable Self-Assembly of Superlattices

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MIT DASD - Spring 2026 | Guest Lecture by Skylar Tibbits

MIT DASD - Spring 2026 | Guest Lecture by Skylar Tibbits

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usBot: A Modular Robotic Testbed for Programmable Self Assembly

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Curved Origami - Programmed self assembly

Curved Origami - Programmed self assembly

Curved Origami - Programmed self assembly