Athletes jumping off a diving board. A duck circling a pond. Planets rotating in space. What do all these things have in common? They—or at least, their robotic representations—are products of a ...

Imagine building your very own robot using just colorful paper and simple tools! PaBo Bot is a fun, hands-on kit that lets anyone become a robot creator. With easy-to-use modules that snap together, ...

PAPER structures created using the principles of origami could lead to cheap, easy-to-make robots that are very different from their traditional metal brethren. George Whitesides and colleagues at ...

As far as plant names go, the sleepy plant—or shy plant, or shameplant, known more formally as Mimosa pudica—is hard to beat. Touch one of its leaves and it curls up like it’s embarrassed, the ...