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'Origami, the art of folding pieces of paper to create shapes, is an
appealing concept for robotics because you can transform two dimensional
materials into three dimensional structures that are inherently
flexible, or, as a roboticist would say, "deformable." What's more,
structures that fold and unfold enable all kinds of interesting
functionality that would otherwise only be possible with systems that
are much more complex.'
What a clever design!
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
