A multidisciplinary team has created a new fabrication technique for fully foldable robots that can perform a variety of complex tasks without relying on semiconductors. Roboticists have been using a ...

The École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) specializes in origami robots, and its latest creation is quite a gem. Inspired by nature, the Tribot has the ability to crawl like an inchworm, ...

Forget baking cookies. Scientists are working on robot parts that fold into three-dimensional shapes when heated. Think of it like origami that builds itself. Instead of paper, these robots are made ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. A team of UCLA researchers has designed a new way to integrate ...

The ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami (“ori” meaning “folding,” and “kami” meaning “paper”) probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about groundbreaking robot ...

Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient ...

Just as origami can transform a piece of paper into a three-dimensional work of art, scientists have now used the techniques to transform thin, flimsy materials like polyester into incredibly strong ...

The latest project researchers from Harvard University and MIT are working at is a origami-inspired robot that self-assembles and then walks away under its own power. Even though it’s still in the ...

An origami robot -- which is already cool in its own right -- can now wear layers of outfits so that it can shed and discard them depending on the task at hand. Each outfit is made of sheets of ...

A chunk of meat that bursts open once eaten and unleashes a robot that crawls around inside of your stomach sounds like something from a horror movie. But the real-life stomach-roaming meat robot ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Researchers from MIT have designed a new ingestible “robot” that could one day be used to patch internal ...