“Our aim with Mori3 is to create a modular, origami-like robot that can be assembled and disassembled at will depending on the environment and task at hand,” says Jamie Paik, director of the ...

A team of engineers has unveiled a unique robot design that's similar to origami as it can fold and change its shape. Astronauts heading to the Moon may be joined by shapeshifting robots called Mori ...

NASA is focusing increasingly on interplanetary missions to faraway places like Mars, and such highly ambitious voyages will require robotic equipment to assist astronauts with a range of tasks. Mori3 ...

Before becoming a hero of the Star Wars Universe, R2-D2 had a single goal in its robotic life: repair spaceships damaged in battle or elsewhere, including while said ships were still on the move. And ...

One of the great science-fiction movie villains was the T-1000 shape-shifting robot from Terminator 2. The robot’s ability to shift between solid and liquid form meant it could get past almost any ...

This new robot was shown off in Japan yesterday by Danish researcher Hautop Lund. The ATRON is designed to be completely modular, able to reconfigure itself into one of 100 different shapes with ...

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