So for some reason my younger brother is always bugging me to build him a Transformer just because I'm a robotics student and he is obsessed with the idea of actually having one. Though I think he fails to realize it would have to be a sentient being to be a legit Transformer or at the very least have a really kick-ass AI and then we'd be saying hello to our own really life version of the Terminator but with much bigger bots that we'd mistake for our own vehicles. But to kind of placate him a bit I decided to show everybody that there is actually a step towards robots that can change what they are depending on what function they need to preform. Now its not something as insane as a car that transforms into a evil fighting kick-ass robot with laser swords, its actually something I find out cooler. A self folding origami bot. Yes that's right, an origami bot.
Now right now it can't do alot of things but think of the potential. You could have a single sheet become whatever you needed at that time. A phone, a laptop, an umbrella, a purse, a wallet, keys, a hat. Whatever you wanted it could fold and mold itself to your needs. Do you know how insanely awesome this could be yet?
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