Programmable materials for architectural assembly and automation

Assembly Automation

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 216-225

  Tibbits, Skylar ^a,b   Cheung, Kenny ^b  

^a SJET LLC   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated assembly; Construction materials; Logic matter; Material computation; Physical properties of materials; Programmable materials; Self assembly; Self replication

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURAL CONSTRUCTION; AUTOMATED ASSEMBLY; BUILDING BLOCKES; COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS; DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; DIGITAL LOGIC; LOGIC MATTER; NEW APPLICATIONS; NOVEL APPLICATIONS; ON-LINE MATERIALS; PHYSICAL COMPUTING; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROGRAMMABILITY; SELF-REPLICATIONS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84870274584     PISSN: 01445154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01445151211244348     Document Type: Article

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