At Worcester Polytechnic Institute, researchers are folding plastic to make a robotic arm. WBZ-TV's Courtney Cole reports.

WPI Associate Professor Cagdas Onal demonstrates the use of "soft robotics" in a robotic arm that uses origami-inspired design to create a flexible, safe robotic arm to assist the handicapped.

WORCESTER — When someone envisions a robotic arm, they probably are thinking of a large, heavyweight tool used to assemble Ford pickups in Michigan. Or maybe they think of the do-it-all robotic ...

The arm uses origami for its construction. Lightweight plastic is folded in construction. The arm is designed to assist people with disabilities. WORCESTER — When someone envisions a robotic arm ...

WPI said soft robotic arms tend to be weaker, more shaky, and less precise than traditional robot arms made from rigid materials.

Researchers created a biodegradable soft robot made of pig gelatin that can break down after it is no longer useful.

An origami-inspired robot arm made with material from cotton plants and pigs biodegrades when no longer needed. Such a soft robot could be further developed to carry out medical procedures inside ...