shapeshifting robot

Researchers at Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) scored a first in modular robotics development with an origami robot that can change shape, move around, and interact with objects and people. Inspired by the digital world of…

Inspired by sea cucumbers—yes, you read that right—engineers designed mini robots that shift between liquid and solid states. The shape-shifting robots are magnetic and can conduct electricity. Researchers put the robots through an obstacle…