You can’t reinvent the wheel, it is often said. To which researchers from Seoul National University, Harvard University, and Hankook Tire and Technology Co. go, “hold my beer.” This origami wheel has ...

Beneath the moon's cratered surface lie networks of lava tubes and deep pits, natural caves that could shelter future lunar bases from cosmic radiation and wild temperature swings. These underground ...

If you thought origami was just a delicate, ornamental art, then come meet these robots. These (deliberately) deformable little wheelers can climb over obstacles, squeeze under crevasses, and ...

In a recent study published in Science Robotics, a research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed an ...

A rover-mountable sintering device under development by the Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology (KICT). This technology can harden the lunar surface to create roads and other ...

On the 18th, KAIST announced that a team led by Professor Lee Dae-Young of its Space Research Institute & Department of Aerospace Engineering, in collaboration with the Unmanned Exploration Research ...

DAEJEON, SOUTH KOREA – A joint research team from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Unmanned Exploration Laboratory (UEL) has developed a transformative wheel ...

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KAIST-UEL Team Develops “Origami” Airless Wheel to Explore Lunar Caves KAIST-UEL Team Develops “Origami” Airless Wheel to Explore Lunar Caves ...