Abstract: This paper presents a mechanism design optimization for actuating the horizontal stabilizers of an aircraft using a rotating empennage without a vertical stabilizer. Birds do not have vertical stabilizers and rotate their ...

Abstract: Kinematic synthesis to meet an approximate motion specification naturally forms a constrained optimization problem. Instead of using local methods, we conduct global design searches by direct computation of all critical ...

Abstract: Reconfigurable structures based on origami design are useful for multifunctional applications, such as deployable shelters, solar array packaging, and tunable antennas. Origami provides a framework to decompose a complex ...

Abstract: Origami structures morph between 2D and 3D conformations along predetermined fold lines that efficiently program the form of the structure and show potential for many engineering applications. However, the enormity of the ...