Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves

Title:
Origami robots that reshape and transform themselves
Speaker:
Jamie Paik
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.

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Video Language:
English
Team:
closed TED
Project:
TEDTalks
Duration:
12:26
Format: HTML5
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