Assemblage

MIT graduate student Will Langford developed a machine that’s like a cross between a 3-D printer and a pick-and-place machine that can produce complete robotic systems directly from digital designs

Robotics

Lego-like assembly system uses just five parts to assemble complex robots

All living things are built with 20 amino acids in myriad combinations, so why not machines and robots? This is the inspiration for a novel fabrication method using a handful of multi-use parts to create all manner of tiny machines. Machines who eventually, may even be able to build themselves.

NTU's new robot, built from off-the-shelf components, was able to autonomously assemble an Ikea chair in 20 minutes

Robotics

Robot puts IKEA chair together in 20 minutes

Assembling IKEA furniture is perhaps not the most popular of past times, but homemakers could soon gain a helping hand from a dexterous new robot developed at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore that has assembled an IKEA chair in 20 minutes.

The Council of Representatives building at the heart of the design (Image: Assemblage)

Architecture

Competition-winning design of new Iraqi parliament released

Architectural firm Assemblage has released details of its competition-winning design for new Iraq parliament buildings.