Bioinspired Soft Electrostatic Accordion-Fold Actuators

Y Yang, M Li, E Chen, W Mu, R Yin - Soft Robotics, 2024 - liebertpub.com
Increasing interests have been directed toward the exploitation of origami techniques in
developing biomimetic soft robots. There is a need for effective design solutions to exploit …

Origami‐Inspired Modular Electro‐Ribbon Actuator for Multi‐Degrees of Freedom Motion

N Hou, J Wen, Y Pan, M Taghavi - Advanced Intelligent …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Origami robots, inspired by an ancient form of paper folding art, are capable of achieving
high displacement in a lightweight and compact design that conventional robots can hardly …

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 …

A soft active origami robot

J Li, H Godaba, ZQ Zhang, CC Foo, J Zhu - Extreme Mechanics Letters, 2018 - Elsevier
Origami has emerged as a powerful methodology for developing intelligent transformable
robots. Although there is considerable progress in origami techniques to enable the design …

Evolution from Telescoping to Bending: An Origami‐Inspired Flexible Bending Actuator

Z Shao, W Zhao, Z Zuo, J Li - Applied Bionics and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Soft actuators have great potential in human–machine interaction and soft robotics
innovation. Origami exhibiting outstanding structural and topological properties can be a …

Electroadhesion-driven crawling robots based on origami mechanism

C Xiang, H Sun, T Wu, B Wu, Y Guan, T Zou - Sensors and Actuators A …, 2024 - Elsevier
Soft crawling robots can operate regularly in complicated situations and are more adapted to
their surroundings. This study presents a novel electroadhesion (EA)-driven soft crawling …

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 …

An electro-pneumatic shape morphing rolling robot with variable locomotion modes

C Liu, O Edwards, K Althoefer, K Zhang… - 2022 IEEE 5th …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mobile robots with accurate and fast rolling loco-motion capabilities would greatly enhance
their adaptability in dynamic environments. Inspired by organisms capable of rolling …

Electro-ribbon actuators and electro-origami robots

M Taghavi, T Helps, J Rossiter - Science Robotics, 2018 - science.org
Origami has inspired novel solutions across myriad fields from DNA synthesis to robotics.
Even wider impact can be achieved by active origami, which can move and change shape …

Origami-inspired folding assembly of dielectric elastomers for programmable soft robots

Y Sun, D Li, M Wu, Y Yang, J Su, T Wong… - Microsystems & …, 2022 - nature.com
Origami has become an optimal methodological choice for creating complex three-
dimensional (3D) structures and soft robots. The simple and low-cost origami-inspired …