McGill University engineers have developed ultra-thin materials that can move, fold, and reshape themselves, opening new possibilities for soft robotics and adaptive devices. The work uses graphene ...

Imagine soft robots scurrying through rubble with the agility of geckos or leaping over obstacles with the dynamism of frogs—capabilities that would prove invaluable in post-disaster rescue and ...

According to @ai_darpa, MIT engineers have developed an origami-inspired robot that begins as a flat sheet, self-folds into a centimeter-sized form when heated, and is capable of crawling, swimming, ...

Over the past decades, a growing number of robotics teams have started developing modular robots inspired by the ancient paper-folding art of origami. More recently, some of these teams started ...

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University has created a new 3D-printing method that builds paper-thin ‘magnetic muscles’ capable of bringing origami structures to life for the purpose ...

North Carolina, USA — October 2025. Researchers at North Carolina State University have created paper-thin “magnetic muscles” that can power origami structures. The technology uses magnetic films to ...

A crawling robot created with the Miura-Ori origami pattern. The dark areas are covered in a thin magnetic rubber film which allows the robot to move. Credit: North Carolina State University.

A new 3-D printing technique can create paper-thin "magnetic muscles," which can be applied to origami structures to make them move. By infusing rubber-like elastomers with materials called ...

A crawling robot created with the Miura-Ori origami pattern. The dark areas are covered in a thin magnetic rubber film which allows the robot to move.North Carolina State University Origami isn’t just ...

With this acquisition, the company will accelerate innovation and scaling of sustainable steel frame technology for the solar industry. Image: Nextracker. US solar tracker manufacturer Nextracker has ...