Miana Smith

I'm a PhD student at the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms, researching robots that can assemble large-scale mass-efficient structures.

I can be reached at miana [at] mit [dot] edu. CV/resume, Google Scholar, LinkedIn, YouTube lol

Site under re-development. Last updated Nov. 2025

Selected Projects

MILAbot v1

voxel invention kit

modular 5dof robot

self-replicating robots

robots 4 voxel assembly (SM thesis)

modular BILL-E 1.0

vertical assembly voxels

NMM 'n PIT

how to grow almost anything

robotic manipulation final proj

biohybrid fibers

silk-chitosan composites (SB thesis)

worst drawing machines

space bees

bioplastics

UAV (MechE capstone project)

BIG INFLATO

discrete assembly round 1

how to make (almost) anything

bio-inspired robotics final proj

autonomous mini boat

design of living systems final proj

underactuated robotics final proj

MEDIUM INFLATABLES

my first UROP :p

misc mini projects from undergrad

UCLA Plasma Lab days