Abstract: Laparoscopic surgery is a common minimally invasive surgery that uses specialized tools to access the abdominal cavity and pelvic regions via small incisions called ports. Compared to open surgery, laparoscopy's small ...

Abstract: Of special interest in the growing field of origami engineering is selffolding, wherein a material is able to fold itself in response to an applied field. In order to simulate the effect of active materials on an origamiinspired ...

Abstract: A concept recently proposed by the authors is that of a multifield sheet that folds into several distinct shapes based on the applied field, be it magnetic, electric, or thermal. In this paper, the design, fabrication, and ...

Abstract: Mechanical advantage is traditionally defined for single-input and single-output rigid-body mechanisms. A generalized approach for identifying single-output mechanical advantage for a multiple-input compliant mechanism, ...