Engineering origami: A comprehensive review of recent applications, design methods, and tools

M Meloni, J Cai, Q Zhang, D Sang‐Hoon Lee… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Origami‐based designs refer to the application of the ancient art of origami to solve
engineering problems of different nature. Despite being implemented at dimensions that …

Design, fabrication and control of origami robots

D Rus, MT Tolley - Nature Reviews Materials, 2018 - nature.com
Origami robots are created using folding processes, which provide a simple approach to
fabricating a wide range of robot morphologies. Inspired by biological systems, engineers …

Self-folding origami: shape memory composites activated by uniform heating

MT Tolley, SM Felton, S Miyashita… - Smart Materials and …, 2014 - iopscience.iop.org
Self-folding is an approach used frequently in nature for the efficient fabrication of structures,
but is seldom used in engineered systems. Here, self-folding origami are presented, which …

Developments and challenges of miniature piezoelectric robots: A review

J Li, J Deng, S Zhang, W Chen, J Zhao… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Miniature robots have been widely studied and applied in the fields of search and rescue,
reconnaissance, micromanipulation, and even the interior of the human body benefiting from …

Design methodology for constructing multimaterial origami robots and machines

Z Zhakypov, J Paik - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robotic origami allows rapid prototy** of intelligent robots and machines constructed from
thin sheets of functional materials. Multimaterial-based design freedom of origami robots …

Addressable wireless actuation for multijoint folding robots and devices

M Boyvat, JS Koh, RJ Wood - Science Robotics, 2017 - science.org
“Printing” robots and other complex devices through a process of origami-like folding is an
emerging and promising manufacturing method due to the inherent simplicity and low cost of …

Rotary-actuated folding polyhedrons for midwater investigation of delicate marine organisms

ZE Teoh, BT Phillips, KP Becker, G Whittredge… - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Self-folding polyhedra have emerged as a viable design strategy for a wide range of
applications, with advances largely made through modeling and experimentation at the …

The flying monkey: A mesoscale robot that can run, fly, and grasp

Y Mulgaonkar, B Araki, J Koh… - … on robotics and …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The agility and ease of control make a quadrotor aircraft an attractive platform for studying
swarm behavior, modeling, and control. The energetics of sustained flight for small aircraft …

Deployable structures based on buckling of curved beams upon a rotational input

S Mhatre, E Boatti, D Melancon, A Zareei… - Advanced Functional …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Inspired by the recent success of buckling‐induced reconfigurable structures, a new class of
deployable systems that harness buckling of curved beams upon a rotational input is …

Lamifold: fabricating objects with integrated mechanisms using a laser cutter lamination workflow

D Leen, N Peek, R Ramakers - Proceedings of the 33rd Annual ACM …, 2020 - dl.acm.org
We present LamiFold, a novel design and fabrication workflow for making functional
mechanical objects using a laser cutter. Objects fabricated with LamiFold embed advanced …