WASHINGTON, November 23, 2021 -- The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in recent years among researchers building ...

Building robotic grippers that can firmly grasp heavy objects and also gently grasp delicate ones usually requires complicated sets of gears, hinges and motors. But it turns out that it’s also ...

Origami can be used to create mechanical, binary switches, and researchers report the fabrication of such a paper device, using the Kresling pattern, that can act as a mechanical switch. By putting ...

Origami-inspired mechanical metamaterials harness folding principles to achieve novel combinations of stiffness, deployability and shape morphing. By integrating rigid panels, elastic hinges and ...

Two medical engineering professors at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, have applied their knowledge of engineering and origami to developing surgical tools that can reduce the size of ...

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WASHINGTON, August 25, 2020 -- The ancient Japanese art of paper folding, known as origami, can be used to create mechanical, binary switches. In Applied Physics Letters, by AIP Publishing, ...