A robot that can make delicate paper models using the ancient Japanese art of origami has been developed by a US phD. student, Devin Balkcom, at the Carnegie Mellon Robotics Institute.
"Our primary interest in origami is manipulation," Balkcom writes on his web page. "We are currently working on understanding more complicated origami skills - like reverse folding, squash folding, the rabbit ear, and prayer folding - that require the simultaneous manipulation of multiple non-colinear creases."
Devin's webpage has more information including photos and videos. The original article appeared in New Scientist.
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