A real-life Transformer has been created by scientists inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami. In tests, the small shape-changing robot folded itself into a functional machine that ...

(Nanowerk News) If the new nano-machines built at The Ohio State University look familiar, it's because they were designed with full-size mechanical parts such as hinges and pistons in mind. The ...

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, North Carolina State University engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations ...

The team was able to move the cubes into more than 1,000 shapes using only three active motors. JIE YIN, NC STATE UNIVERSITY VIA SWNS. “> CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — New shape-shifting ...