MicroFluidics for Manufacturing

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MicroFluidics for Manufacturing
Worlds Within Worlds
Hod Lipson Mechanical Aerospace
Engineering Computing Information
Science Cornell University
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Printable Machines
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PrintingActive Systems
Illustration Bryan Christie
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Digital Structures
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Reconfigurable systems

• Murata et al Fracta, 1994
• Murata et al, 2000
• Jørgensen et al ATRON, 2004
• Støy et al CONRO, 1999

• Fukuda et al CEBOT, 1988
• Yim et al PolyBot, 2000
• Chiang and Chirikjian, 1993
• Rus et al, 1998, 2001

Zykov, Mytilianos, Adams, Lipson Nature (2005)
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Bottom Up
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Programmable Self Assembly
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Dynamically Programmable Self Assembly
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Hardware implementation 2D
White, Kopanski Lipson, ICRA 2004
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Implementation 1 Magnetic Bonding
With Paul White, Victor Zykov
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Construction Sequence
High Pressure
Low Pressure
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Construction Sequence
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Construction Sequence
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Construction Sequence
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Construction Sequence
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Construction Sequence
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Reconfiguration Sequence
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Reconfiguration Sequence
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Implementation 2 Fluidic Bonding
Accelerated x16
With Paul White, Victor Zykov
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Implementation 2 Fluidic Bonding
With Paul White, Victor Zykov
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With David Erickson, Mike Tolley
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Tile dimension 500µm
With Mike Tolley, David Erickson
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