Origami suits turn robots into real-life 'transformers'

A series of new, origami-like suits turn robots into real-life'Transformers' that can walk, sail, roll or glide. The plastic suits start out flat, but when heated fold over the robot to transform it into a specialised machine. Researchers suggest their adaptable suit-wearing robots could one day be used to build space colonies remotely. A series of new, origami-like suits can turn robots into real-life'transformers' that can walk, sail, roll or glide. The small Primer robots are made of lead and controlled remotely using magnetic fields.