Newly developed mathematical rules allow virtual swarms of tiny robots to build without blueprints. In computer simulations, ...

Bees, ants, and termites build complex structures without blueprints, architects, or construction supervisors. Their ...

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 ...

By combining inspiration from the digital world of polygon meshing and the biological world of swarm behaviour, the Mori3 robot can morph from 2D triangles into almost any 3D object. The EPFL research ...

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.

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.