We agree that these paper robots are adorable! Researchers from Gazi University in Turkey created an untethered robot without any electronics by coating paper with a mixture of silicon resin and iron particles. Carrying a sensor for detecting heavy metals, the magnetically controlled robot can move towards a sample and test it for contamination. Published in ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, this work highlights an emerging class of soft robots that are both multifunctional and constructed f

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