The Cornell Flux-Pinning Microgravity Team demonstrated two CubeSat-sized spacecraft mockups capable of magnetic flux pinning for self-assembly and reconfiguration. The team demonstrated a CubeSat that flux pins in all six rigid-body degrees of freedom and a CubeSat that is capable of 5DOF pinning and rotating about a hinge axis.
For a video demonstration of flux pinning: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSojjjvRCR0
More at http://www.spacecraftresearch.com/flux
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