FREMONT, CA – Lockdowel Inc. said it has introduced a new approach to simple, fast chair assembly, the Lockdowel Slide-to-Lock Chair fastener system. The system incorporates standard Lockdowel EClips ...

Designed by a team of scientists at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore, the robot can to assemble Ikea's Stefan chair in about 20 minutes. I'm PCMag's managing editor for consumer ...

How great would it be to never again find yourself sitting on the living room floor surrounded by an instruction manual, nails and wood, sore and confused, regretting every life choice that brought ...

(CNN) -- A delivery of flat pack furniture can send people into a panic or reaching for the phone to call the nearest assembly service. That may soon be a thing of the past thanks to scientists at ...

Straight away, the chair’s packaging gives an idea of its quality - it is well packed, with each piece individually protected, and the parts are heavy and fit well together. Admittedly though, this ...

MIT’s self-assembly lab has a new trick, a chair that creates itself, under water, over the course of several hours. Using clever connections for each part, and ...

If you have ever purchased cheap furniture that you have to assemble at home, you know what an arduous processes building a table or cabinet can be. Researchers at MIT have designed some high tech ...

Artificial intelligence has mastered something that humankind has failed at, repeatedly. An autonomous robot, designed by mechanical engineers in Singapore, can now assemble an IKEA chair from scratch ...

Assemble has scattered 200 chairs across a corner of St James’ Church Garden as part of Clerkenwell Design Week. The chairs were designed and manufactured by Assemble as a prototype low cost DIY chair ...