The newest origami robots can change shape within milliseconds after dropping from drones, and could be used for environmental surveying.
Watch This Piece of Paper Fold Itself Up and Walk Away, Innovation
Origami-inspired folding microbots can tackle new tasks when heated
Soft robotic origami crawler
Self-folding Mini Origami Robots are the Nanosurgeons of Tomorrow - The New Stack
Battery-free flying robots use origami to change shape in midair
Figure 1 from An untethered miniature origami robot that self-folds, walks, swims, and degrades
Self-Organized Origami
Engineering Origami: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Applications, Design Methods, and Tools - Meloni - 2021 - Advanced Science - Wiley Online Library
Robots inspired by origami can fold selves, walk away
Shape-Shifting Origami Bot Can Fold Itself into Boat and Plane
Origami Robot Folds Itself Up, Does Cool Stuff, Dissolves Into Nothing - IEEE Spectrum