You can’t reinvent the wheel, it is often said. To which researchers from Seoul National University, Harvard University, and Hankook Tire and Technology Co. go, “hold my beer.” This origami wheel has ...

In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed an ...

Think of origami and you may imagine delicate paper cranes or fortune tellers. But the art of folding paper to create 3D shapes has been used to make a flexible robot. Roboticists have shown off two ...

The Moon's large surface holes, or "pits," and underground lava tubes are drawing attention as natural shelters that can avoid space radiation and extreme temperature swings, but steep cliffs and ...