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MIT's Centimeter-long Self Folding Origami Robot

1,902 views · Published 7 December 2017 · 0:45 · Indexed 12 November 2026

Channel: All About Circuits · 2017 · Science & Technology

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At the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation, MIT researchers presented a printable origami robot that folds itself up from a flat sheet of plastic when heated and measures about a centimeter from front to back.

Weighing only a third of a gram, the robot can swim, climb an incline, traverse rough terrain, and carry a load twice its weight. Other than the self-folding plastic sheet, the robot’s only component is a permanent magnet affixed to its back. Its motions are controlled by external magnetic fields. For more information, as well as all the latest All About Circuits projects and articles, visit the official website at http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
http://web.mit.edu

Centimeter-long origami robot:
http://news.mit.edu/2015/centimeter-long-origami-robot-0612

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