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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...