February 28, 2025
Description
The Compliant Mechanisms and Robotics Lab has worked with Mark Rober and his team to create the world's smallest functional Nerf blaster.
Watch his video here!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c2NqlUWZfo
The smallest functional blaster is manufactured with carbon nanotubes and is small enough for an ant to use, but we have created four 3D printable scaled versions just for you!
Additional information and pictures of other manufacturing mediums can be found here:
See our related article in Nature Communications.
This design was developed by the Compliant Mechanisms Research Group (CMR) from Brigham Young University (BYU). Follow us at @byucmr on Instagram, @CompliantMechanismsResearchGroup on Facebook, or visit the BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research (CMR) website to learn more about compliant mechanisms.
The downloadable 3D print files provided here may be used, modified, and enjoyed for noncommercial use according to a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. To license this technology for commercial applications, contact:
BYU Technology Transfer Office
3760 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: (801) 422-6266
techtransfer.byu.edu/contact
Or email Bennett Mortensen in the Technology Transfer Office directly at [email protected]
License:
Standard Digital File License
BYU CMR
