Robotics has undergone a profound revolution in the past 50 years, moving from the
laboratory and research institute to the factory and home. Kinematics and dynamics theories …

From stadium covers to solar sails, we rely on deployability for the design of large-scale
structures that can quickly compress to a fraction of their size,,–. Historically, two main …

Kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutting, has recently enabled the design of stretchable
mechanical metamaterials that can be easily realized by embedding arrays of periodic cuts …

Soft actuators with integrated sensing have shown utility in a variety of applications such as
assistive wearables, robotics, and interactive input devices. Despite their promise, these …

Digital fabrication devices are powerful tools for creating tangible reproductions of 3D digital
models. Most available printing technologies aim at producing an accurate copy of a …

We present a computational method for interactive 3D design and rationalization of surfaces
via auxetic materials, ie, flat flexible material that can stretch uniformly up to a certain extent …

We present a computational inverse design method for a new class of surface-based
inflatable structure. Our deployable structures are fabricated by fusing together two layers of …

This paper presents a design, simulation, and fabrication pipeline for making transforming
inflatables with various materials. We introduce a bending mechanism that creates multiple …

Soft robots have applications in safe human–robot interactions, manipulation of fragile
objects, and locomotion in challenging and unstructured environments. In this article, we …

Digital fabrication devices exploit basic technologies in order to create tangible
reproductions of 3D digital models. Although current 3D printing pipelines still suffer from …