Soft actuators for small‐scale robotics

L Hines, K Petersen, GZ Lum, M Sitti - Advanced materials, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This review comprises a detailed survey of ongoing methodologies for soft actuators,
highlighting approaches suitable for nanometer‐to centimeter‐scale robotic applications …

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 …

Multistable inflatable origami structures at the metre scale

D Melancon, B Gorissen, CJ García-Mora, C Hoberman… - Nature, 2021 - nature.com
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 …

An overview of the mechanical description of origami-inspired systems and structures

LM Fonseca, GV Rodrigues, MA Savi - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2022 - Elsevier
Origami is inspiring several fields of knowledge such as engineering, aerospace systems,
medicine, and biomechanics, motivating the creation of novel adaptive and morphing …

A review on origami simulations: From kinematics, to mechanics, toward multiphysics

Y Zhu, M Schenk, ET Filipov - Applied …, 2022 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Origami-inspired systems are attractive for creating structures and devices with tunable
properties, multiple functionalities, high-ratio packaging capabilities, easy fabrication, and …

Rotorigami: A rotary origami protective system for robotic rotorcraft

P Sareh, P Chermprayong, M Emmanuelli… - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Applications of aerial robots are progressively expanding into complex urban and natural
environments. Despite remarkable advancements in the field, robotic rotorcraft is still …

Robotic metamorphosis by origami exoskeletons

S Miyashita, S Guitron, S Li, D Rus - Science Robotics, 2017 - science.org
Changing the inherent physical capabilities of robots by metamorphosis has been a long-
standing goal of engineers. However, this task is challenging because of physical …

Physical reservoir computing with origami and its application to robotic crawling

P Bhovad, S Li - Scientific Reports, 2021 - nature.com
A new paradigm called physical reservoir computing has recently emerged, where the
nonlinear dynamics of high-dimensional and fixed physical systems are harnessed as a …

Mori: a modular origami robot

CH Belke, J Paik - IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a new robotic platform based on origami robots and reconfigurable
modular robots. The concept combines the advantages of both robot types into a mobile …

Origami-based earthworm-like locomotion robots

H Fang, Y Zhang, KW Wang - Bioinspiration & biomimetics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Inspired by the morphology characteristics of the earthworms and the excellent deformability
of origami structures, this research creates a novel earthworm-like locomotion robot through …