LONDON: Miniature origami robot can fold itself, walk around, transport materials, swim and eventually destroy itself
Weighing just one third of a gram, MIT’s newest self-folding origami robot looks rather cute zipping around the surface of an arm, swimming through a tiny pool, or pushing tiny pink blocks toward tiny pink targets.
Don’t be fooled by its size, however. This miniature bot packs a powerful technological punch — one that will only grow stronger as it grows smaller.
If everything goes well for researchers, it could eventually become small enough to fold into the human body, perform medical tasks, and then dissolve itself when finished.
