Parallel-Legged Micro-Robot Enables Multi-Terrain Locomotion The 1.2 g PLioBot robot features an innovative origami design, integrating actuators for high-speed, multi-environment mobility and assembly-free fabrication.

🐜 PLioBot is a 1.2g origami-inspired micro-robot that walks, swims, and conquers tough terrains - all without assembly! Discover how integrating actuators and structure unlocks speed and versatility.
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Meet Ori: the world’s first frameless umbrella inspired by origami A new hardware startup founded by MIT engineers and leading origami innovators is rethinking one of the most overlooked pieces of everyday design: the umbrella. Ori, the world’s first frameless origam...

Ori rethinks the umbrella as folding architecture: no ribs, no frame, just structure and precision.
A reminder that even the most ordinary objects can be radically redesigned.
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Origami-inspired Diffractive Sail for Directed Energy Propulsion 1 min readPreparations for Next Moonwalk Simulations Underway (and Underwater) ECF 2024 Quadchart Oguri.pdf Kenshiro Oguri Purdue University This project will investigate one of the key fundamental challenges...

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