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.
"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
Battery free folding robots
Published on Jul 19, 2017
"Wireless magnetic fields and actuator “muscles” allow folding robots to move without batteries"Wireless, battery-free folding robots are powered by electromagnetic fields, enabling them to move without bulky batteries.
by Lindsay Brownell
July 19, 2017
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