A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has created a new 3D-printing method that builds paper-thin ...

These configurable bots could launch flat and then be assembled in space. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A newly designed ...

The combined mental prowess of Harvard University and MIT has yielded a special kind of self-assembling robot that folds up like origami and crawls away. The prototype, which is built almost entirely ...

Marking a significant advancement in molecular robotics, researchers have created custom-designed and programmable ...

Researchers have created a minuscule origami robot that unfolds itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, moves across the stomach wall to remove swallowed objects or ...

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If a soft-bodied robot uses rigid actuators to move its body, then it isn't really soft now, is it? An experimental new caterpillar-inspired bot gets around that conundrum by using soft, collapsible ...

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Explore the ingenuity behind an emergency shelter designed with an origami skin that thrives in extreme Arctic conditions. This video delves into how this innovative structure uses its unique design ...