NC State engineers create flat robots that fold, crawl, and grasp objects without motors using smart materials.

Alt: a cartoon drawing of a robot with the letter a on it 's chest

Scientists built flat sheet robots that can change shape and move without motors. They lock into 256 forms using tiny signals.

The metabots resemble animated sheets of plastic, capable of moving around a surface or grasping objects.

Researchers unveil 'metabots,' flat-sheet robots that morph into hundreds of stable shapes without motors, opening doors for diverse applications from search & rescue to medical devices.

Developed by a team led by researchers from North Carolina State University, these "metabots" are capable of moving around a surface or grasping objects.

A multistable thin-shell metastructure–based metabot achieves high reconfigurability for adaptive manipulation and locomotion.

Desarrollan 'metabots': robots de láminas flexibles capaces de adoptar múltiples formas y funciones

Researchers have created a class of robots made from thin sheets of material that can snap into hundreds of stable shapes - allowing them to execute a wide

Researchers have created a class of robots made from thin sheets of material connected into sheets that can snap into any of hundreds of stable shapes, allowing them to execute a wide variety of actions despite the fact that they have no motor and are made of a single, flat material. Credit: Caizhi Zhou, NC State University Researchers have created a class of robots made from thin sheets of material that can snap into hundreds of stable shapes, allowing them to execute a wide variety of actions despite the fact that they have no motor and are made of a single, flat material.