Origami-Enhanced Mechanical Properties for Worm-Like Robot

Z Liu, Z He, X Hu, Z Sun, Q Ge, J Xu, H Fang - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
In recent years, the exploration of worm-like robots has garnered much attention for their
adaptability in confined environments. However, current designs face challenges in fully …

Bioinspired rigid-soft hybrid origami actuator with controllable versatile motion and variable stiffness

Z Zhang, G Chen, Y Xun, Y Long… - IEEE Transactions …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Conventional soft pneumatic actuators (SPAs) are made of soft materials that facilitate safe
interaction and adaptability. In positioning and loading tasks, however, SPAs demonstrate …

[HTML][HTML] Origami-Inspired Vacuum-Actuated Foldable Actuator Enabled Biomimetic Worm-like Soft Crawling Robot

Q Xu, K Zhang, C Ying, H Xie, J Chen, SE - Biomimetics, 2024 - mdpi.com
The development of a soft crawling robot (SCR) capable of quick folding and recovery has
important application value in the field of biomimetic engineering. This article proposes an …

Bioinspired dual-stiffness origami

S Mintchev, J Shintake, D Floreano - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Origami manufacturing has led to considerable advances in the field of foldable structures
with innovative applications in robotics, aerospace, and metamaterials. However, existing …

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 …

Origami spring-inspired shape morphing for flexible robotics

Q Chen, F Feng, P Lv, H Duan - Soft Robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Flexible robotics are capable of achieving various functionalities by shape morphing,
benefiting from their compliant bodies and reconfigurable structures. In this study, we …

3d-printed origami actuators for a multianimal-inspired soft robot with amphibious locomotion and tongue hunting

Y Yang, Y Xie, J Liu, Y Li, F Chen - Soft robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
The field of soft robotics is rapidly evolving, and there is a growing interest in developing soft
robots with bioinspired features for use in various applications. This research presented the …

Multi-triangles cylindrical origami and inspired metamaterials with tunable stiffness and stretchable robotic arm

X Wang, H Qu, X Li, Y Kuang, H Wang, S Guo - PNAS nexus, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Kresling pattern origami-inspired structural design has been widely investigated using its
bistable property and the single coupling degree of freedom (DOF). In order to obtain new …

Bioinspired amphibious origami robot with body sensing for multimodal locomotion

H Dong, H Yang, S Ding, T Li, H Yu - Soft Robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Animals have long captured the inspirations of researchers in robotics with their unrivaled
capabilities of multimodal locomotion on land and in water, achieved by functionally …

Inverse Origami Design Model for Soft Robotic Development

Q Hu, J Li, J Tao, E Dong, D Sun - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Origami provides an opportunity to construct a wide range of 3D functional structures by
folding a flat sheet. It can be used to develop various soft functional robots by combining soft …