This work presents a script-based development environment aimed at allowing users to
easily design and create mechanical bodies for folded plastic robots. The origami-inspired …

This work presents a system by which users can easily create printable origami-inspired
robots from high-level structural specifications. Starting from a library of basic mechanical …

This work presents a technique which allows the application of 2-D fabrication methods to
build 3-D robotic systems. The ability to print robots introduces a fast and low-cost fabrication …

Designing and fabricating new robotic systems is typically limited to experts, requiring
engineering background, expensive tools, and considerable time. In contrast, to facilitate …

In this work, we have developed a design environment to allow casual users to quickly and
easily create custom robots. A drag-and-drop graphical interface allows users to intuitively …

Robot manufacturing is currently highly specialized, time consuming, and expensive, limiting
accessibility and customization. Existing rapid prototyping techniques (eg, 3-D printing) can …

We present a computational design system that allows novices and experts alike to easily
create custom robotic devices using modular electromechanical components. The core of …

Robotic systems hold great promise to assist with household, educational, and research
tasks, but the difficulties of designing and building such robots often are an inhibitive barrier …

This paper presents an origami-inspired technique which allows the application of 2-D
fabrication methods to build 3-D robotic systems. The ability to design robots as origami …

Robotic origami allows rapid prototyping of intelligent robots and machines constructed from
thin sheets of functional materials. Multimaterial-based design freedom of origami robots …