Using the design principles of the kirigami, the ancient art of folding and cutting paper ... robots handle a wide range of tasks and work round-the-clock, improving efficiency and output.

"Second, this proof-of-concept work focused on binary computing ... The design of these units was inspired by kirigami, which is the art of cutting and folding paper. Yin and his collaborators ...

Perhaps the most interesting part is how much of these technologies borrow from the Japanese art of origami, and the related kirigami. Rather than trying to build three-dimensional structures ...