“An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot That Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades”
by Shuhei Miyashita, Steven Guitron, Marvin Ludersdorfer, Cynthia R. Sung, and Daniela Rus from MIT and TU Munich, was presented yesterday at ICRA 2015 in Seattle.
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“An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot That Self-folds, Walks, Swims, and Degrades”
by Shuhei Miyashita, Steven Guitron, Marvin Ludersdorfer, Cynthia R. Sung, and Daniela Rus from MIT and TU Munich, was presented yesterday at ICRA 2015 in Seattle.
https://youtu.be/f0CluQiwLRg
Miniature origami robot self-folds, walks, swims, and degrades
Uploaded on May 28, 2015
"Origami Robot Folds Itself Up, Does Cool Stuff, Dissolves Into Nothing"
by Evan Ackerman
May 28, 2015
https://youtu.be/ZVYz7g-qLjs
Robot Origami: Robot self-folds, walks, and completes tasks
Published on Jun 11, 2015
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A team of MIT researchers have developed a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back.
Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, climb an incline, traverse rough terrain, and carry a load twice its weight.
https://youtu.be/Awufipq9JnQ
Origami robot swims, walks and dissolves
Published on Jun 12, 2015
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Watch it self-fold, walk, and even swim. A tiny robot made of plastic can be "controlled" by an external magnetic field
"Centimeter-long origami robot"
Controlled by magnetic fields, tiny robot climbs inclines, swims, and carries loads twice its weight.
by Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office
June 12, 2015
https://youtu.be/3Waj08gk7v8
Ingestible origami robot
Published on May 12, 2016
"Ingestible origami robot"Quote:
Researchers at MIT, the University of Sheffield, and the Tokyo Institute of Technology have demonstrated a tiny origami robot that can unfold itself from a swallowed capsule and, steered by external magnetic fields, crawl across the stomach wall to remove a swallowed button battery or patch a wound.
Robot unfolds from ingestible capsule, removes button battery stuck to wall of simulated stomach.
by Larry Hardesty
May 12, 2016
https://youtu.be/qTDHFKhuLnI
Stomach trouble? Try swallowing a robot
Published on Jul 18, 2016
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A tiny, ingestible robot could be a new tool for healing serious stomach wounds. Researchers call it an “origami robot” because the accordion-shaped gadget is folded and frozen into an ice capsule, then unfolds after being swallowed. (July 19)
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“The idea that you could repair a human body by swallowing something, instead of making cuts, is amazing,” says innovator Daniela Rus.
by Olga Kharif
August 4, 2016
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by Janice Williams
August 5, 2016