Researchers have built a flower-shaped robot that can pick up objects more than 100 times its own weight. The robot has an origami "magic ball" skeleton, and its main advantage is that it's able to ...
The origami "magic ball" gripper doesn't try to imitate our hands, but it can still hold 100 times its weight. The origami gripper is an application of what's commonly called "soft robotics." As the ...