“Self-Assembly Line” is a large virus model that comes together when shaken in a drum (Image: Ken Richardson for 91av)
In the next industrial revolution, will we manufacture goods, or will they construct themselves? Michael Reilly sits down with architect and computer scientist Skylar Tibbits to talk about 4D printing, programmable matter and the future of things
You run the Self-Assembly lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. What does “self-assembly” mean?
In general, self-assembly is a process by which disordered parts build into an ordered structure through simple interactions with each other. For example, we worked with Arthur…
