Self-folding sheets of a plastic-like material point the way to robots that can assume any conceivable 3-D structure.
By combining origami and electrical engineering, researchers at MIT and Harvard are working to develop the ultimate reconfigurable robot — one that can turn into absolutely anything...
Studded with magnets and electronic muscles known as
actuators, a prototype robot developed at MIT can automatically fold
itself into an airplane or an origami boat.
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