Envision small robotic modules, lifting the lid of a storage box, spilling out, rearranging themselves to be the box's legs and transporting it to where you might be seated. That's exactly what Swiss ...

Researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory at the Ecole Polytechnique Federal de Lausanne (EFPL) in Switzerland have created a group of modular shape-changing robots called Roombots that are 3D ...

We’re still a long way from owning furniture that transforms as easily as Optimus Prime, but a group of researchers from the Biorobotics Laboratory at École Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne are ...

Why buy multiple pieces of furniture, when you could have one piece of furniture that could transform itself into whatever you need at the moment–a chair, a sofa, a table? For that matter, why settle ...

Ever stepped into a conference room to make a presentation only to find that there aren’t enough chairs, or even too many tables? You make do, but it’s awkward. Roombots, a group of shapeshifting ...

Robotic transforming furniture that can evolve to suit different rooms, functions, and individuals could be the future of home decor, if one Swiss team has its way, designing modular self-organizing ...

Get ready for "Roombots," modular robot orbs that can move through a house, joining together and merging with your furniture or other household items in order to make them mobile and movable. Such ...

Imagine if you can just snap your fingers or issue a verbal command for a table, a chair or any other furniture to assemble right in front of you. That's what a team of researchers from the Swiss ...

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Planning the menu for a dinner party in a tiny apartment can be far easier than making sure guests have a place to sit: Many apartment dwellers simply don’t have the luxury of a full dining set and a ...

Mobile furniture could benefit the elderly and people with poor mobility Imagine that the chair you’re sitting on became a sofa on demand as the day moved from light to dark. Or if all your ...