Crystal

Version 2

Version 2 of the Crystalline robot system uses an Atom that can independently contract/expand its axes:

Video Capture of Second Prototype
(3 MB AVI, Indeo codec)

Movies

We have also done some experiments to determine the Atoms' ability to actuate both synchronously and asynchronously with respect to each other. Video of several of these experiments is also available. Note these are compressed using the DivX codec. If you have not installed DivX, it can be found at www.divx.com.

Inchworm - Single Column (7.6 MB AVI, DivX codec)	Inchworm - Two Columns (5.7 MB AVI, DivX codec)	Inchworm - Blob1 (2.2 MB AVI, DivX codec)
Inchworm - Blob2 (1.6 MB AVI, DivX codec)	Inchworm with Division (4.4 MB AVI, DivX codec)	Recursive Division (3.4 MB AVI, DivX codec)