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Self-folding robot walks, swims, climbs, dissolves - C C - May 30, 2015
http://phys.org/news/2015-05-self-folding-robot-climbs-dissolves.html
EXCERPT: A demo sparking interest at the ICRA 2015 conference in Seattle was all about an origami robot that was worked on by researchers. [...] "An untethered miniature origami robot that self-folds, walks, swims, and degrades" was the name of the paper, co-authored by Shuhei Miyashita, Steven Guitron, Marvin Ludersdorfer, Cynthia R. Sung and Daniela Rus. [...] A video showing the robot in action showcases each move. One can watch the robot walking on a trajectory, walking on human skin, delivering a block; swimming (the robot has a boat-shaped body so that it can float on water with roll and pitch stability); carrying a load (0.3 g robot); climbing a slope; and digging through a stack. It also shows how a polystyrene model robot dissolves in acetone.....