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

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    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

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    Article "This Crawling Inchworm Robot Can Be Printed Out and Folds Itself"

    by Evan Ackerman
    May 7, 2013


    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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    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"

    by Evan Ackerman
    August 7, 2014

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    "Origami robot folds itself up, crawls away"
    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"

    August 7, 2014

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    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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    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"

    by Lindsay Brownell
    July 19, 2017

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