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 ...
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 ...
McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, ...
An intricately cut sheet lies flat and motionless on a table. Then Samuel Felton, a graduate student at Harvard University, connects the batteries, sending electricity coursing through, heating it.
This graphics depicts how a new system called CardBoardiZer allows novice designers to convert three-dimensional objects into moving robotic versions. (Purdue University image/Karthik Ramani) Download ...