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 …

Theoretical characterization of a non-rigid-foldable square-twist origami for property programmability

J Ma, S Zang, H Feng, Y Chen, Z You - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2021 - Elsevier
Using non-rigid-foldable origami patterns to design mechanical metamaterials could
potentially offer more versatile behaviors than the rigid-foldable ones, but their applications …

Tristable property and the high stiffness analysis of Kresling pattern origami

X Wang, H Qu, S Guo - International Journal of Mechanical Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Kresling pattern origami is known for its bistable property, as confirmed by the truss model
used to analyze its dynamics. However, our theoretical research and folding experiments …

Multi‐Stability of the Extensible Origami Structures

K Xi, S Chai, J Ma, Y Chen - Advanced Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Multi‐stable structures and metamaterials with more than two stable states are widely
applied in diversified engineering applications. Non‐rigid foldable origami patterns have …

Multimodal origami shape memory metamaterials undergoing compression–twist coupling

H Yang, H Lu, DW Shu, YQR Fu - Smart Materials and Structures, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
As origami structures display designable and predictable folding or unfolding shape
changes, the origami-inspired mechanical metamaterials have recently been extensively …

4D printed TMP origami metamaterials with programmable mechanical properties

M Wan, K Yu, J Gu, H Zeng, H Sun… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Elsevier
Origami structures have received significant attention in engineering due to their unique
design methods and deformation modes along the crease lines. However, the configurations …

Origami spring–inspired metamaterials and robots: An attempt at fully programmable robotics

F Hu, W Wang, J Cheng, Y Bao - Science Progress, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Recent advances in three-dimensional printing technologies provide one way not only to
speed up freeform fabrication but also to exert programmable control over mechanical …

Motion paths and mechanical behavior of origami-inspired tunable structures

Q Zhang, X Wang, J Cai, J Feng - Materials Today Communications, 2021 - Elsevier
Origami structures have received tremendous attention for their excellent kinematic and
mechanical performance. Here, the inherent relationship between kinematics and …

Programming mechanical metamaterials using origami tessellations

YL He, PW Zhang, Z You, ZQ Li, ZH Wang… - Composites Science and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Origami structures, whose mechanical properties can be tuned by programing the crease
network, have been sought in application including DNA origami nanorobots and …

On-demand tuning of mechanical stiffness and stability of Kresling origami harnessing its nonrigid folding characteristics

Z Li, V Agarwal, L Wang, KW Wang - Smart Materials and …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Being adaptive with respect to changing operating conditions and the environment is an
imperative demand for advanced engineering structures. In this research, two Kresling …