Shape morphing smart 3D actuator materials for micro soft robot

H Kim, S Ahn, DM Mackie, J Kwon, SH Kim, C Choi… - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Stimuli-responsive materials have been used in major applications such as sensors,
actuators, wearable devices, and biomedical devices owing to their ability to respond to …

“2D or not 2D”: Shape-programming polymer sheets

Y Liu, J Genzer, MD Dickey - Progress in Polymer Science, 2016 - Elsevier
This review summarizes progress toward programming two-dimensional (2D) polymer
sheets which respond to a variety of external stimuli to form three-dimensional (3D) shapes …

Origami silicon optoelectronics for hemispherical electronic eye systems

K Zhang, YH Jung, S Mikael, JH Seo, M Kim… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
Digital image sensors in hemispherical geometries offer unique imaging advantages over
their planar counterparts, such as wide field of view and low aberrations. Deforming …

Assembly and applications of 3D conformal electronics on curvilinear surfaces

YA Huang, H Wu, L Xiao, Y Duan, H Zhu, J Bian… - Materials …, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
3D conformal electronics represent the next-generation microelectronics that exhibit similar
electrical functions as conventional, planar ones, but can be prepared on arbitrary …

Flexible medical devices: Review of controllable stiffness solutions

L Blanc, A Delchambre, P Lambert - Actuators, 2017 - mdpi.com
In the medical field and in soft robotics, flexible devices are required for safe human
interaction, while rigid structures are required to withstand the force application and …

Twister hand: Underactuated robotic gripper inspired by origami twisted tower

K Lee, Y Wang, C Zheng - IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article presents a new cable-driven underactuated robotic gripper, called TWISTER
Hand. It is designed for adaptable grasping of objects in different shapes, weights, sizes …

KnitUI: Fabricating interactive and sensing textiles with machine knitting

Y Luo, K Wu, T Palacios, W Matusik - … of the 2021 CHI Conference on …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
With the recent interest in wearable electronics and smart garments, digital fabrication of
sensing and interactive textiles is in increasing demand. Recently, advances in digital …

[HTML][HTML] Review on recent origami inspired antennas from microwave to terahertz regime

SIH Shah, S Lim - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Origami technology is promising for the development of antennas operating in the
microwave and terahertz regime. This study summarizes recent advances in origami …

[HTML][HTML] Stacked-origami mechanical metamaterial with tailored multistage stiffness

G Wen, G Chen, K Long, X Wang, J Liu, YM Xie - Materials & Design, 2021 - Elsevier
Origami-based metamaterial has shown remarkable mechanical properties rarely found in
natural materials, but achieving tailored multistage stiffness is still challenging. We propose …

[HTML][HTML] Kirigami-enabled self-folding origami

T van Manen, S Janbaz, M Ganjian, AA Zadpoor - Materials Today, 2020 - Elsevier
Self-folding of complex origami-inspired structures from flat states allows for the
incorporation of a multitude of surface-related functionalities into the final 3D device. Several …