Scientists have harnessed chemical reactions to make microscale origami machines self-fold -- freeing them from the liquids in which they usually function, so they can operate in dry environments and ...

March 16 (UPI) --A crafty Swiss student posted a video showing off his latest invention -- a machine that creates paper airplanes. Fabian, the student who goes by DomiNope on YouTube, posted a video ...

(Nanowerk News) If you want to build a fully functional nanosized robot, you need to incorporate a host of capabilities, from complicated electronic circuits and photovoltaics to sensors and antennas.

Origami has plenty to offer the world of robotics, inspiring clever folding machines that could find their way into our stomaches and out to Mars. Scientists have again borrowed from this ancient ...