Towards printable robotics: Origami-inspired planar fabrication of three-dimensional mechanisms

CD Onal, RJ Wood, D Rus - 2011 IEEE international …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

An origami-inspired approach to worm robots

CD Onal, RJ Wood, D Rus - IEEE/ASME Transactions on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

An end-to-end system for designing mechanical structures for print-and-fold robots

AM Mehta, D Rus - 2014 IEEE International Conference on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Integrated codesign of printable robots

A Mehta, J DelPreto, D Rus - Journal of …, 2015 - asmedigitalcollection.asme.org
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 …

Origami-inspired printed robots

CD Onal, MT Tolley, RJ Wood… - IEEE/ASME transactions …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Robot manufacturing is currently highly specialized, time consuming, and expensive, limiting
accessibility and customization. Existing rapid prototyping techniques (eg, 3-D printing) can …

An end-to-end approach to self-folding origami structures

B An, S Miyashita, A Ong, MT Tolley… - IEEE Transactions …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an end-to-end approach to automate the design and fabrication process
for self-folding origami structures. Self-folding origami structures are robotic sheets …

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

Three-dimensional printable origami twisted tower: Design, fabrication, and robot embodiment

T Liu, Y Wang, K Lee - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter presents a novel robotic mechanism inspired by origami and its fabrication
method using three-dimensional (3D) printing. The selected twisted tower design shows …

Fabrication of origami wheel using pattern embedded fabric and its application to a deformable mobile robot

DY Lee, JS Kim, JJ Park, SR Kim… - 2014 IEEE International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The unique characteristics of origami to realize 3-D shape from 2-D patterns have been
fascinating many researchers and engineers. This paper presents a fabrication of origami …

Sensor and actuator integrated low-profile robotic origami

A Firouzeh, Y Sun, H Lee, J Paik - 2013 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The robotic origami (Robogami) is a low-profile, sheet-like robot with multi degrees-of-
freedom (DoF) that embeds different functional layers. Due to its planar form, it can take …