Gunpla are action figure-sized plastic model kits based on the long-running giant robot anime and manga series Gundam.The term is also the trademarked name of Bandai’s line of models, though ...

One important aspect of polygons is that they are two-dimensional, and so are the ones that can form the Mori3 robot. By the way, Mori is an acronym for Modular Origami Robots.

“We have this tool we call robot animator, it’s very unique and special to our robots,” Wilson told Polygon. The company creates a 3D model of the robot in the program with all the ...

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 ...

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

A polygon robot: 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 ...

In cramped spacecraft or space stations, there isn't room to store multiple robots that are each designed for a specific task. The Mori3 system was designed with that fact in mind, as it can be ...