Our prototype is comprised of the following parts:

Inspired by Harvard's Kilobots, we built a robot of our own. This robot is powered by a 3V battery and propelled by 4 pager motors.

We finalized our design and produced a swarm of 22 robots. Each 1.5 inch robot is identical but can self-assemble in a swarm.

We used this swarm of robots to model the PBS cubes scaffolding inside a wound. This model made by team members demonstrates a magnified cross section of a cut.

While researching self-assembly we learned about programmable materials. We programmed this memory wire to resemble an oval when placed in warm water.

Wyss Institute has recently discovered the programmable properties of DNA. We made DNA senses that match, to demonstrate complimentary strands.

We made cubes to show that PBS is DNA wrapped hydrogels containing a stem cell.

From self-assembly... to programmable materials... to bio-scaffolding...
to the Suture of the Future!