M-Blocks Robotic Cubes Flip and Spin to Create Complex Shapes

Nov-03-19 The M-Blocks robotic cubes can identify each other and spin themselves into the air to create more complex structures.

The cubes, developed by MIT’s CSAIL Laboratory, are equipped with an identifying barcode and a flywheel able to spin at 20,000 revolutions per minute. When the flywheel is braked, the angular momentum will propel the cube into the air, where it can attach to the other cubes via magnets in the cubes’ faces.

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