Watch this tiny origami robot fold itself and move around

[Kevin Lancaster]

Watch this tiny origami robot fold itself, move around, then dissolve

MIT researchers have demonstrated a miniature origami robot that runs on magnetic fields.

 

[MickZA]

Cute

 

[Noseworthy]

very much wow

 

[ellyally]

Awesome, but did they have to kill it at the end

 

[AstroTurf]

but why?

 

[Knyro]

Awesome, but did they have to kill it at the end

There was still one more chip.

 

[TofuMofu]

It's stop-motion.

That video is way too jerky.

 

[furpile]

It's stop-motion.

That video is way too jerky.

Did you see that some parts were sped up 3 to 5 times?

 

[Chris.Geerdts]

Quite fun, although I think the 'engine' is an electric field under the table, so it's a magnet being moved around

 

[Necropolis]

Awesome - I'll take 5