Name: Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves
Uploaded: 2019-07-10T14:51:53Z
Duration: 12 min 16 s
Description: Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created "robogamis": folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this talk and tech demo, Paik shows how robogamis could adapt to achieve a variety of tasks on earth (or in space) and demonstrates how they roll, jump, catapult like a slingshot and even pulse like a beating heart.

Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created "robogamis": folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this talk and tech demo, Paik shows how robogamis could adapt to achieve a variety of tasks on earth (or in space) and demonstrates how they roll, jump, catapult like a slingshot and even pulse like a beating heart.

Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves

New robots inspired by origami can fold, roll, jump, and adapt their form for any task, from crawling across rough terrain to pulsing like a beating heart. These ultra-thin, flexible machines, called robogamis, are built from layered circuits, motors, and sensors that let them reconfigure themselves on command. Their versatile design makes them ideal for unpredictable environments, including space, where a single robot might need to perform dozens of jobs. By giving machines the power to reshape themselves, robotics is poised to become more personalized, interactive, and useful than ever before.