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The Hyperdolly HY-01 is a compact motorized dolly that was designed to allow for repeatable programmable movement without rails, while featuring ...

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The team, based at MIT's Microsystems Technology Laboratories, demonstrated the system by printing an electric linear motor – the type that generates straight-line motion instead of ...

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