Photo of Ingestible Oragami Robot Shown in Hand (IMAGE)

U.S. National Science Foundation

Photo of Ingestible Oragami Robot Shown in Hand

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The new robot consists of two layers of structural material sandwiching a material that shrinks when heated. A pattern of slits in the outer layers determines how the robot will fold when the middle layer contracts.

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Melanie Gonick/MIT

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