The next generation of soft robots might be folding and sliding as effortlessly as living tissue, say a team of engineers who have created “magnetic muscles” with 3D printing. Filling elastic, ...

A crawler robot made with the miura-ori origami pattern. The dark sections are affixed with thin "magnetic muscles" made by co-extruding rubber polymer and ferromagnetic particles, which move the ...

North Carolina, USA — October 2025. Researchers at North Carolina State University have created paper-thin “magnetic muscles” that can power origami structures. The technology uses magnetic films to ...

The 1.2 g PLioBot robot features an innovative origami design, integrating actuators for high-speed, multi-environment ...

While CES 2025 focused on robots' mobility, humanoid robots at the 2026 event displayed impressive improvements. They showed off folding paper pinwheels, folding clothes, playing ping-pong, and ...