Self-folding robots, Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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Harvard Microrobotics Laboratory (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?2481)

micro.seas.harvard.edu/research (https://www.micro.seas.harvard.edu/research)

Daniela Rus (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7713)

Samuel Felton (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?7709)

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https://youtu.be/03C6GA__onw

Robot Self-Assembly by Folding: A Printed Inchworm Robot

Published on May 7, 2013


Presented at ICRA 2013 by Samuel M. Felton, Michael T. Tolley, Cagdas D. Onal, Daniela Rus, and Robert J. Wood from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

Read more at
Article "This Crawling Inchworm Robot Can Be Printed Out and Folds Itself (https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/this-crawling-inchworm-robot-can-be-printed-out-and-folds-itself)"

by Evan Ackerman
May 7, 2013


https://youtu.be/DIA7f8YMVKw

Self-folding with shape memory composites

Published on Jul 15, 2013


This video shows several flat composite structures folding into a predetermined shape when heated by an electric current.

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https://youtu.be/G4q0_0dKiKg

Robot Folds Itself and Walks Away

Published on Aug 7, 2014


Printable, self-folding robot created by Harvard and MIT researchers. Learn more:

Article "Self-Folding Origami Robot Goes From Flat to Walking in Four Minutes (https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/robotics-hardware/self-folding-printable-origami-robot)"

by Evan Ackerman
August 7, 2014

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"Origami robot folds itself up, crawls away (http://news.mit.edu/2014/mobile-folding-robots-0807)"
Prototype made almost entirely of printable parts demonstrates crucial capabilities of reconfigurable robots.

by Larry Hardesty
August 7, 2014

"Robot folds itself up and walks away (https://wyss.harvard.edu/robot-folds-itself-up-and-walks-away)"

August 7, 2014

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https://youtu.be/1M-vQdyY6OE

Self-folding robots

Published on Aug 11, 2014


The Harvard Microrobotics Lab has recently demonstrated a self-folding robot capable of assembling itself from a flat configuration and walking away.

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https://youtu.be/bdRyQOjphzU

Battery free folding robots

Published on Jul 19, 2017


Wireless, battery-free folding robots are powered by electromagnetic fields, enabling them to move without bulky batteries.

"Wireless magnetic fields and actuator “muscles” allow folding robots to move without batteries (https://wyss.harvard.edu/no-battery-no-wire-no-problem)"

by Lindsay Brownell
July 19, 2017