Technology Origami-inspired 'transformer' robots could help build habitats in space (photo) News By Samantha Mathewson published 11 August 2024 ...

Motivated by the Japanese paper folding technique origami, researchers have created shape-shifting ‘Transformer’ robots. A team at North Carolina State (NC State) University’s method enables ...

Yanbin Li, Antonio Di Lallo, Junxi Zhu, Yinding Chi, Hao Su, Jie Yin. Adaptive hierarchical origami-based metastructures. Nature Communications, 2024; 15 (1) DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-50497-5 ...

New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient Japanese art of ...