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How to build tiny robots from stretchy sheets

04 Nov 2021 Katherine Skipper
Origami metamaterial
Third dimension: example of an origami mechanical metamaterial. (Courtesy: Itai Cohen/Cornell University)
New research shows that microscale robots can be made from shape shifting 2D sheets. Itai Cohen and

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