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Origami-like soft robotic muscles lift 1,000 times their weight

Reuters — US researchers have developed strong origami-inspired artificial muscles that can allow soft robots to lift objects 1,000 times their own weight using only air or water pressure. The team from Massachusetts Institute of Technology Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (MIT CSAIL) and Harvard’s Wyss Institute published their findings on Monday (November 27) in scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). According to a joint press release, “each artificial muscle […]

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Origami drone could deliver to hard-to-reach places

LAUSSANE, Switzerland (Reuters) — An origami-inspired prototype delivery drone which can transport packages to hard-to-reach destinations has been invented by a PhD student in Switzerland. Przemyslaw Kornatowski’s drone in effect becomes the package by wrapping itself around the cargo before flight. Made of carbon-fiber the cage, which can be folded or unfolded in a single movement, protects both drone and cargo if involved in a collision or fall. “The cage provides safety because it separates […]

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Combining origami with modular robotics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) — Mori combines origami robots and reconfigurable, modular robots, a unique marriage say its creators at Switzerland’s École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL). Current origami robots consist of thin structures that can be folded into a single robot that changes shape. In modular robotics, by contrast, multiple individual robots are used, but are bulkier and more complex. Origami robots are restricted by both the size and folding pattern of the sheet used […]

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