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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

We live in the century of robotics, a time when humankind intensively looks for as many ways as possible to eliminate everyday duties, for a better life. And Roombots is the perfect invention for all ...

I live in a 350 square foot apartment. As a result, my small dining table doubles as a kitchen prep area and a stool works overtime as a laptop stand and side table. It works, but it’s not perfect, ...

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 ...

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Lamps that follow you around. Tables that bring you your dinner. They might one day be coming to a room near you. Freelancer Michael Franco writes about the serious and silly sides of science and ...