MIT Researchers 3D Print a Three-Sided Zipper Concept

MIT Researchers 3D Print a Three-Sided Zipper Concept

MIT's "Y-zipper" is a three-sided fastener that can snap camping gear, medical braces, and robots between soft and rigid states in seconds.

MIT researchers revive 40-year-old triangular zipper concept now made possible by 3D printing, creates shape-shifting robots and deployable structures — 3D-printed 'Y-Zipper' turns floppy tentacles into rigid beams in seconds

MIT researchers have developed a 3D-printed three-sided zipper that rapidly transforms floppy structures into rigid beams, robotic limbs, and deployable frameworks using triangular geometry.