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Researchers have created microscale robots less than 1 millimeter in size that are printed as a 2D hexagonal 'metasheet' but, with a jolt of electricity, morph into preprogrammed 3D shapes and crawl.

Mori3's triangular, modular design allows it to fuse with its companions, and could one day make it into space. By Andrew Paul Published Jun 13, 2023 10:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science daily ...

With their bright blue bases, yellow gears, and exposed circuit tops, the 3D-printed robots look like a child’s toys. Yet as a roughly two-dozen-member collective, they can flow around obstacles ...

British inventor James Bruton has built what most of us wildly dreamed of in childhood – a transformer robot that you can actually ride. The robot is a functional, shape-shifting vehicle that will ...

The first 3D-printed biodegradable seed robot, able to change shape in response to humidity The seeds of the South African geranium inspired the realization of the prototype.

The first I-Seed is inspired by the seed structure of a South African geranium, the Pelargonium appendiculatum, whose ability to change shape in reaction to variations in humidity in the surrounding ...

This 3D-Printed Robot Has Tendons, Ligaments, ... Normal 3D printing works by building up the shape in layers. A UV lamp is used to cure the plastic in between each layer, ...

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The legacy of microscale robotics at Cornell continues to unfold – and refold and unfold itself again. The latest addition is a robot less than 1 millimeter in size that is printed as a 2D hexagonal ...