Origami-based integration of robots that sense, decide, and respond

W Yan, S Li, M Deguchi, Z Zheng, D Rus… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Origami-inspired engineering has enabled intelligent materials and structures to process
and react to environmental stimuli. However, it is challenging to achieve complete sense …

[HTML][HTML] Analytical modeling for rapid design of bistable buckled beams

W Yan, Y Yu, A Mehta - Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Letters, 2019 - Elsevier
Double-clamped bistable buckled beams demonstrate great versatility in various fields such
as robotics, energy harvesting, and microelectromechanical system (MEMS). However, their …

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 …

Rapid design of mechanical logic based on quasi-static electromechanical modeling

W Yan, Y Yu, A Mehta - 2019 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Mechanical logic is a class of dynamic electromechanical mechanisms which leverages
carefully designed mechanical structures to generate programmed control actions from a …

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 …

Fabrication-aware design for furniture with planar pieces

W Yan, D Zhao, A Mehta - Robotica, 2023 - cambridge.org
We propose a computational design tool to enable casual end-users to easily design,
fabricate, and assemble flat-pack furniture with guaranteed manufacturability. Using our …

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 …