Designing robots that can change shape can enable a range of applications, such as exploring environments or manipulating objects. Folding for shape transformation, akin to origami, is an established ...

This “smart sheet” can instantly fold into a boat or a plane without any human assistance. It’s the first step toward being able to carry any imaginable tool around with you in the form of a single ...

As if a brain-like processing chip weren’t bad enough news for us humans, this week’s edition of Science also describes a robot that, after being laid out as a flat sheet, can fold itself into the ...

Folding structures are widely used in robot design as an intuitive and efficient shape-morphing mechanism, with applications explored in space and aerospace robots, soft robots, and foldable grippers ...

Professor Yongrok Jung from the School of Mechanical Engineering at Kyungpook National University, in collaboration with Professors Jung Kim and Inkyu Park from KAIST, has developed a ...

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When it is connected to a power source, this flat robot folds itself into a 3D shape and starts walking. Michelle Starr is CNET's science editor, and she hopes to get you as enthralled with the ...

When it comes to soft-bodied robotic devices, there are ones that are squishy like rubber, or that fold like origami. The latter could soon be much lighter, hardier and capable, thanks to an ...

There's a new robot creating lots of buzz, but it can't walk, talk, vacuum, or weld. FoldiMate does one thing, and it does it well: It folds your laundry. Commence with the eye rolls, let the Oh ...