Locking zipper-coupled origami tubes for deployable energy absorption

Z Wo, JM Raneses, ET Filipov - Journal of …, 2022‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Energy absorption devices are widely used to mitigate damage from collisions and impact
loads. Due to the inherent uncertainty of possible impact characteristics, passive energy …

Compensating for Material Deformation in Foldable Robots via Deep Learning―A Case Study

M Sharifzadeh, Y Jiang, AS Lafmejani… - … on Robotics and …, 2022‏ - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Foldable, origami-inspired, and laminate mechanisms are highly susceptible to deformation
under external loading, which can lead to position or orientation errors if idealized kinematic …

A Numerical and Experimental Study on the Energy Absorption Characteristics of Deployable Origami Tubes

Z Wo, JM Raneses, ET Filipov - … and Information in …, 2021‏ - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
Energy absorption devices are widely used to mitigate damage from collisions and impact
loads. Due to the inherent uncertainty of possible impact characteristics, passive energy …

Harnessing Buckling to Create Functionality in Origami Tubes

Z Wo - 2022‏ - deepblue.lib.umich.edu
Thin-walled origami-inspired tubes can be used as lightweight systems for various functional
applications in engineering. Folding motions can allow for deployment, reconfiguration, and …