磁石と折り紙折りを利用し、回転による多方向移動を実現したミリメートルスケールの折り紙ロボットを記述した論文が、Nature Communications に掲載される。このロボットは、水陸両用で、さまざまな環境での移動運動ができ、制御された薬液送達や目標への ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

Soft actuation remains the key bottleneck in creating soft robots with flexible deformation and agile locomotion similar to nature creatures. Despite extensive efforts, it remains performance ...

Researchers have developed a new 3D printing technique that creates paper-thin ‘magnetic muscles’ capable of bringing origami structures to life to deliver medicine inside the body. A crawler robot ...

A team of scientists from North Carolina State University (NC State) has produced an ultra-thin magnetic film using 3D printing that can be applied to origami structures. The resulting actuator can be ...

In the TV cartoon, the main character Inspector Gadget pulled out various tools from his body whenever he faced a crisis. Young viewers were simply amazed at how a helicopter rotor and robotic arms ...