Recycled ABS, magnets, electronics,
and copper
Each: 1 5/8 x 1 5/8 x 1 5/8"
(4 x 4 x 4 cm)
Modular Robotics, USA
Cubelets are little modules that stick
together with magnets to build smart
objects; unlike the Bug Labs modular
hardware, they require no
application development. Working with
Cubelets is much like building an evolving
being block by block, with each block
designed to perform a certain function.
As the physical form takes shape, “the
behavior [emerges],” the designer says,
“like . . . a flock of birds or a swarm of
bees.” Some blocks sense information
about light, heat, and distance, which is
then translated by blocks that act (rolling,
driving, emitting a beam of light).
