MIT uses 3D printing technology to create shock absorbing 'skin'

Researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) have announced that they used 3D printing technology to create custom shock-absorbing “dampers,” or “skins,” to protect drones and robots.Using 3D printing technology, they created a bouncing cube-shaped robot out of a solid, a liquid and a flexible rubber-like material called TangoBlack+. In addition to absorbing shock, the cube robot was able to land more precisely courtesy of its skin.