Folding Angle Regulation by Curved Crease Design for Self-Assembling Origami Propellers
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Miyashita, Shuhei; DiDio, Isabella; Ananthabhotla, Ishwarya; An, Byoungkwon; Sung, Cynthia; Arabagi, Slava; Rus, Daniela; ... Show more Show less
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© 2015 by ASME. This paper describes a method for manufacturing complex three-dimensional curved structures by self-folding layered materials. Our main focus is to first show that the material can cope with curved crease self-folding and then to utilize the curvature to predict the folding angles. The self-folding process employs uniform heat to induce selffolding of the material and shows the successful generation of several types of propellers as a proof of concept. We further show the resulting device is functional by demonstrating its levitation in the presence of a magnetic field applied remotely.
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2015Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence LaboratoryJournal
Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics
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ASME International
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Miyashita, S., et al. "Folding Angle Regulation by Curved Crease Design for Self-Assembling Origami Propellers." Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics 7 2 (2015).
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