[HTML][HTML] On-chip mechanical computing: Status, challenges, and opportunities

L Wang, P Zhang, Z Liu, Z Wang, R Yang - Chip, 2023 - Elsevier
With increasing challenges towards continued scaling and improvement in performance
faced by electronic computing, mechanical computing has started to attract growing …

A cut-and-fold self-sustained compliant oscillator for autonomous actuation of origami-inspired robots

W Yan, A Mehta - Soft Robotics, 2022 - liebertpub.com
Origami-inspired robots are of particular interest due to their potential for rapid and
accessible design and fabrication of elegant designs and complex functionalities through …

Towards one-dollar robots: An integrated design and fabrication strategy for electromechanical systems

W Yan, A Mehta - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
To improve the accessibility of robotics, we propose a design and fabrication strategy to
build low-cost electromechanical systems for robotic devices. Our method, based on origami …

Origami logic gates for printable robots

W Yan, C Liu, A Mehta - 2021 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Origami robots–often called" printable" robots–created using folding processes have gained
extensive attention due to their potential for rapid and accessible design and fabrication …

Computational design and fabrication of corrugated mechanisms from behavioral specifications

C Liu, W Yan, A Mehta - 2021 IEEE International Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Orthogonally assembled double-layered corrugated (OADLC) mechanisms are a class of
foldable structures that harness origami-inspired methods to enhance the structural stiffness …

A crawling robot driven by a folded self-sustained oscillator

W Yan, A Mehta - 2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Locomotive robots that do not rely on conventional discrete electronics and/or
electromagnetic components will open up new perspectives and applications for robotics …

Automated Controller and Sensor Configuration Synthesis Using Dimensional Analysis

M Pirron, D Zufferey… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automated controller synthesis methods for cyber-physical systems (CPSs) often require
precise knowledge of the system's state. Unfortunately, parts of the state may not be directly …

A Computational Design and Evaluation Tool for 3D Structures with Planar Surfaces

C Liu, W Yan, P Moure, C Fan, A Mehta - arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.02114, 2021 - arxiv.org
Three dimensional (3D) structures composed of planar surfaces can be build out of
accessible materials using easier fabrication technique with shorter fabrication time. To …

[PDF][PDF] Origami Counter for time based decisions

M sina Nabiee, W Yan, A Mehta - Proceedings in Advanced Robotics, 2019 - sites.uci.edu
Robots built through cut and fold methods or origami robots have many advantages. They
are generally cheap, light and robust, can operate in extreme conditions (such as radiation …