Scientists have discovered how to build robots out of rice paper, opening up brand new possibilities for robotic applications ...

Check out the time-lapse video above showing the process of making a walking paper robot. The final product and demonstration kick in at about 3:16.

Transformer Paper Turns Itself Into A Robot. Cool! Start with paper; add Shrinky Dinks, a microprocessor, heat, and voila! It's not quite that easy.

Next, tape the bottle caps onto the head to make eyes. Now, I’m going to make some control knobs by taping some more lids to its body. What a cool looking robot! Don’t worry if yours isn’t ...

[Related: How to make the world’s best paper airplane] In this experiment, the bot arm made and launched over 500 paper airplanes with 50 different designs .