Researchers from MIT and Harvard have created an origami-inspired robot that can fold itself from a flat, resting state into a functioning, three-dimensional shape to begin crawling across a surface.
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Magnetic ‘muscles’ turn origami into crawling robots that move and heal from within
Once inside, a magnetic field guides and unfolds it at the target site, where it releases medicine in a controlled and steady ...
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Paper-thin magnetic muscles bring origami robots to life for medical use
A new 3D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them ...
Getting to the root of the problem has never looked quite like this, medically speaking. Thanks to the latest innovation from the minds at MIT, there is now a tiny origami robot capable of performing ...
An origami robot can crawl forward like a snake 1. Snakes’ winding movements have long inspired robotics researchers, but the linear motion that allows the reptiles to creep through tight spaces ...
Imagine swallowing a tablet knowing it contains a robot that, when it enters your stomach, unfolds like origami and crawls its way around to heal where the ailment is. This could be the future of ...
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