For Real-Life Transformers, Mix Paper, Batteries and Origami

Originally published: Aug 7 2014 - 2:00pm, Inside Science News ServiceBy: Charles Q. Choi, Contributor(Inside Science) -- Disappointed that your Transformers action figures can't transform themselves? Researchers have created real-life transformer robots that can fold themselves from sheets into walking pieces of motorized origami. Image credit: Seth Kroll, Wyss Institute These new inventions could one day lead to sophisticated machines that can be shipped in flat boxes like IKEA-style furniture...