The individual modules of the Mori3 robot are triangular in shape. The modules easily join together to create polygons of different sizes and configurations in a process known as polygon meshing.

This near-sighted approach enables the robots to move far more quickly to form a desired shape. In the team's experiments, 100 robots were able to assemble into a pre-determined formation within a ...

Led by Jamie Paik, the team decided it would be a good idea for them to look into how things like polygon ... Robots. In essence, every component of the machine (called modules) is a 2D triangle.

Jamie Paik and her team of researchers at EPFL's School of Engineering have created an origami-like robot that can change shape, move around and interact with objects and people. By combining ...