an insect-scale 2.59g quadrupedal robot capable of body deformation with tethered electrical connections for power and control and manufactured using laminate fabrication and assembled using origami ...

Metabots are robots and a kind of composite material at the same time. It develops a wide range of properties. For example, ...

and move like a robot without any motors, electronics, or internal power sources. Inspired by origami, the system—called a “meta bot”—uses modular, chiral Kresling-patterned tubes that ...

This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears. In a study that echoes scenes ...

Zhao said the robot's ability to assemble and split up on the move allows the system to work ... "We have created a bio-inspired plug-and-play soft modular origami robot enabled by electrothermal ...