Mechanical metamaterials offer exotic properties based on local control of cell geometry and
their global configuration into structures and mechanisms. Historically, these have been …

Additive manufacturing (AM) is becoming an important alternative to traditional processes.
AM technology shows several advantages in literature, and its use increases in aerospace …

Ultra-high angular resolution in astronomy has always been an important vehicle for making
fundamental discoveries. Recent results in direct imaging of the vicinity of the supermassive …

Ultralight materials present an opportunity to dramatically increase the efficiency of load-
bearing aerostructures. To date, however, these ultralight materials have generally been …

We present a material–robot system consisting of mobile robots that can assemble discrete
cellular structures. We detail the manufacturing of cuboctahedral unit cells, termed voxels …

Modular robotic systems built of reconfigurable components offer an efficient and versatile
alternative to traditional monolithic robots. However, as modular systems scale up …

Construction automation has historically been driven by top-down implementations of
specific tasks, which are neither responsive nor resilient to dynamic situations, and often …

Construction of spatially extended, self-supporting structures requires a consideration of
structural stability throughout the building sequence. For collective construction systems …

We describe analytic methods for the design of the discrete elements of ultralight lattice
structures. This modular building block strategy allows for relatively simple element …

Voxel-based structures provide a modular, mechanically flexible periodic lattice, which can
be used as a soft robot through internal deformations. To engage these structures for robotic …