Our curved origami designs have a simple mechanical structure, making them easy to fabricate and control.

Bloom patterns could be useful, as engineers build folding structures to send to outer space. They’re also very pretty.

Origami-based engineering could also lead to lightweight, ultra-tough materials that can alter their mechanical properties on demand, scientists added.

Researchers develop an ingestible origami robot that has demonstrated the ability to unfold and retrieve a button battery from a simulated stomach.

These soft robots can change shape on their own as the environment around them changes. They fold up like origami, thanks to their 3D-printed hinges.

A team of researchers from MIT and elsewhere has developed a tiny, foldable robot that once swallowed, could be directed to perform tasks within the body.

DNA origami was used to develop a self-assembled DNA object capable of applying small forces accurately to study cellular mechanoreceptors.