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Origami mini-robot does gymnastics for a good cause

An expertly creased soft robot can swim, navigate obstacles and deliver cargoes of drugs.
Spinning-enabled wireless amphibious origami millirobot with an inset of fingers holding the small device.

Despite its small size, this soft robot can manoeuvre on solid ground and through water (pictured). Credit: Ze, Q. et al. Nature Commun.

A pea-sized origami robot can fold, unfold and perform a range of acrobatic moves — potentially making it useful for many biomedical applications1.

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Nature 606, 626 (2022)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-01649-4

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  1. Ze, Q. et al. Nature Commun. 13, 3118 (2022).

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