Transformer Robot Assembles Itself Origami Style | Video

Thursday, August 7, 2014 - 13:32 in Physics & Chemistry

Nature often builds 3D structures from flat materials. Researcher Samuel Felton and colleagues created a self-folding robot – which stands, crawls and turns – by placing hinges in shape-memory polymer which contracts at 100°C.

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