Harvard scientists have built the world's first working Transformer robot, inspired by the ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami. The alien robots that feature in the Transformer movies ...

A real-life Transformer has been created by scientists inspired by the Japanese paper-folding art of origami. In tests, the small shape-changing robot folded itself into a functional machine that ...

An origami-inspired robot that self-assembles and then scuttles away under its own power has been revealed by researchers from Harvard University and MIT. Still in the experimental stage, the ...

If you own a new Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime and still haven’t purchased a case for it, you might be interested to know that the Smart Cover designed for the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime is now ...

Inspired by the paper-folding art of origami, engineers have discovered a way to make a single plastic cubed structure transform into more than 1,000 configurations using only three active motors.

The team was able to move the cubes into more than 1,000 shapes using only three active motors. JIE YIN, NC STATE UNIVERSITY VIA SWNS. “> CAROLINA BEACH, N.C. — New shape-shifting ...

(Nanowerk News) If the new nano-machines built at The Ohio State University look familiar, it's because they were designed with full-size mechanical parts such as hinges and pistons in mind. The ...

While we still don’t know exactly when Asus will let us get our hands on the Tegra 3 quad-core Transformer Prime, eeepc.it (via Android Police) just spotted an iPad-like “Smart Cover” belonging to the ...

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Transformer bots can form more than 1,000 shapes. (Jie Yin, NC State University via SWNS) By Stephen Beech via SWNS New shape-shifting ‘Transformer bots’ have been inspired by origami. The versatile ...