Tiny fusilli-shaped bot can move around despite lacking any electronics

We now live in an age of 4D printed robots.
By Emmett Smith  on 
Tiny fusilli-shaped bot can move around despite lacking any electronics
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Designed by a team of researchers at Tianjin University in China, this fusilli-shaped robot assembles itself when heat is placed beneath it. Once the surface below the bot reaches 160°C, it rolls itself into a tubular form and is on its way.


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