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The method uses "DNA origami," so-called as it uses the natural ... including a "nano-dinosaur," a "dancing robot" and a mini-Australia that is 150 nanometers wide, a thousand times narrower ...

The robot has an origami "magic ball" skeleton, and its main advantage is that it's able to pick up delicate and irregularly-shaped objects. It's the latest creation to come out of the field of ...

This material can expand, change shape, move, and respond to electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, even though it has no motor or internal gears. In a study that echoes scenes ...

Now a team has taken inspiration from origami to create a modular metamaterial ... from lightweight dancing robots to mechanical computing.

In theory, their design — which was largely inspired by the paper-folding art of origami — offers a more efficient way to send assembly structures into space, where the robot could then ...