Engineers have created a configurable robot that can transform into various structures, which has potential applications for building habitats in space.

Watch these ‘transformer’ robots fold themselves into boats, wheels and other useful shapes A magnetic cube moves to a sheet of origami that folds around it and transforms into a walking bot.

A real-life Transformer has been created by scientists inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami. In tests, the small shape-changing robot folded itself into a functional machine that ...

Researchers have created an origami robot that folds itself into shape from a flat sheet, potentially opening the way for a robot-building revolution.

Origami robots can now assemble themselves and start their own motors without human interaction. Origami robots may be the next great revolution in automated technology.

Now a team of engineers from Harvard and MIT has made the concept behind Transformers—the multibillion-dollar franchise based on cars that turn into robots—into a reality.

New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile robots could transform space travel, say scientists. Taking inspiration from the ancient Japanese art of ...

Scientists have created a Transformer-style robot inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami to cure diseases.

An origami-inspired robot that self-assembles and then scuttles away under its own power has been revealed by researchers from Harvard University and MIT. Still in the experimental stage, the ...

In experiments, self-folding, heat-activated origami suits created for robots could help the machines walk, roll, sail and glide, according to the new study.

Researchers have developed a tiny origami robot that is swallowed as a capsule, then unfolds in true Transformer style to patch a wound or remove foreign objects, such as button batteries.