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Professor Amar G. Bose Research Grants were awarded to bold research projects by MIT faculty Kaitlyn Becker, Canan Dagdeviren, and Luca Daniel across diverse areas of study including engineering, animal behavior, and human movement.
Inspired by the Japanese paper-cutting art of kirigami, MIT researchers developed a computational strategy for creating a 3D shape by cutting and folding a 2D sheet. The method could be used to solve various engineering challenges, such as designing a robot that can transform from one shape to another to carry out different tasks.
With winches, spinners, and telescoping contraptions, MIT students’ bots went head to head in the 2.007 student robot competition inspired by “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever.”