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These bitty bots roll, jump — and even pulse like a beating heart #TEDTalks

Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created “robogamis”: folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this talk and tech demo, Paik shows how robogamis could adapt to achieve a variety of tasks on earth (or in space) and demonstrates how they roll, jump, catapult…

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Taking design cues from origami, robotician Jamie Paik and her team created “robogamis”: folding robots made out super-thin materials that can reshape and transform themselves. In this talk and tech demo, Paik shows how robogamis could adapt to achieve a variety of tasks on earth (or in space) and demonstrates how they roll, jump, catapult like a slingshot and even pulse like a beating heart.

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  1. @darrellmoore4478

    February 28, 2026 at 2:36 pm

    CLANKER PAPER

  2. @borisregain7512

    March 1, 2026 at 5:27 am

    ETA Transformers please……? 🤔

  3. @SturdyFuture

    March 1, 2026 at 1:05 pm

    Probably goated for spacecraft

  4. @zekeking

    March 1, 2026 at 1:56 pm

    Reminds me of the video game Cubivore for the Nintendo GameCube

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Where’s the best free comedy show in town? Tom Sullam, cofounder of the annual Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards, shares hilarious animal photos that dissolve the distance between humans and nature. The result? A joyful case for caring about what we’re at risk of losing.

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Watch the full talks from the TEDxRiodelaPlata Idea Search: 00:00 – Intro 3:46 – Rehearsals 16:53 – The Talks 37:30 – Deliberation 40:04 – The Winner Is… The most interesting ideas often come from the most unexpected places. We searched the globe for ideas with the power to inspire, motivate and change lives — and…

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00:00 – Intro
3:46 – Rehearsals
16:53 – The Talks
37:30 – Deliberation
40:04 – The Winner Is…

The most interesting ideas often come from the most unexpected places. We searched the globe for ideas with the power to inspire, motivate and change lives — and we found them at @TEDx events around the world. The TED Idea Search follows extraordinary speakers from 9 countries competing for a spot on the TED main stage in Vancouver this April.

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If a company plants trees to offset its pollution, is that climate progress — or is it greenwashing? Critics of carbon markets say it’s the latter. But Sandeep Roy Choudhury, who’s spent two decades financing climate projects from rural cookstoves to coastal forests, says the real failure is discouraging companies from even trying. Hear his…

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