News Finding: You could be forgiven for thinking that the toughest, most durable robot would be some sort of ultra-hard, metal alloy skeleton like the Terminator, but sometimes soft and flexible is the way to go.
Paper Finding: Furthermore, in addition to load bearing and crash resilience, the compliant origami also stored elastic energy that can be leveraged for self-deployment of the drone from a folded configuration.
News Context: You could be forgiven for thinking that the toughest, most durable robot would be some sort of ultra-hard, metal alloy skeleton like the Terminator, but sometimes soft and flexible is the way to go. But, the researchers tell Inverse, with one key difference: The design, a new composite thatas flexible enough to absorb damage, but rigid enough to remain aerodynamic, and was inspired by the material properties of insect wings. aWhat theyave done with regard to tailoring the athreshold forcea a the threshold at which the switch from rigid to soft occurs a I think thatas pretty key for structures that need to withstand impacts.a
  
  At the core of the Swiss groupas innovation is a stretched-out elastic layer, sort of like a rubber band that desperately wants to return back to form.
Paper Context: The origami structure described here achieved similar performance with a scalable, rapid, and cost-effective manufacturing process. Furthermore, in addition to load bearing and crash resilience, the compliant origami also stored elastic energy that can be leveraged for self-deployment of the drone from a folded configuration. When the arms buckle due to a horizontal flexural load, the apex angle collapsed, and the arm can be wrapped around the main frame by folding along the transversal folds (Fig.