Matter Assembly Computation Lab
CU Boulder, College of Engineering
About the Lab
Hi everyone, thanks for your interest in the Matter Assembly Computation Lab! Our research in the MACLab is motivated by the observation that designing robots, and electromechanical systems, is difficult, time-consuming, and requires a great deal of experience. Practitioners need to be skilled in mechanical, electrical, and computer engineering. Instead, what if making a robot could be as easy as specifying the behaviors or capabilities you want, asking software tools to design the robot, and then printing the robot? This is the overall inspiration for what we’re trying to do in the MACLab.
In support of this general goal we work in several research subareas:
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Design automation for multimaterial fabrication
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Multimaterial simulation
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Fabrication automation (which involves making new 3D printers and control software)
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3D-printable material development and testing.
News
3/25/22
Our work on Design and Fabrication of Realistic, Presurgical Planning Models through Bitmap Printing was published in JOVE video journal!
9/9/21
Our paper on soft actuator design is featured on the CU Boulder ME website!
8/26/21
Our paper on soft actuator design wins IEEE-CASE Best Application Paper Award at 2021 CASE Conference in Lyon, France!
7/22/21
Stratasys collaboration video regarding the nature of multi-material 3D printing in our lab.
7/8/21
Lawrence's entry took 2nd Place in the Grabcad / Ntopology 3D Printed Fixture or Tool Design Student Division
7/7/21
We are excited that our paper "A Seamless Workflow for Design and Fabrication of Multimaterial Pneumatic Soft Actuators" has been selected as a finalist of the IEEE CASE2021 Best Application Paper Award!
3/13/21
Our paper "Modeling of Contactless Bubble-Bubble Interactions in Microchannels with Integrated Inertial Pumps" was selected as Editor's Pick for Physics of Fluids!
3/12/21
Our paper "Modeling of Contactless Bubble-Bubble Interactions in Microchannels with Integrated Inertial Pumps" was published in Physics of Fluids!
3/1/21
Brandon and team won second place in Daniels Fund Ethics Initiative Competition!
11/25/20
Professor MacCurdy was interviewed on the IEEE Soft Robotics Podcast!