Abstract: This paper proposes a design method to obtain a family of rigidly foldable structures with one degreeoffreedom (DOF). The mechanism of flatfoldable degreefour cones and mutually compatible cones sharing a boundary is ...

Abstract: In this research, we study a method to produce families of origami tessellations from given polyhedral surfaces. The resulting tessellated surfaces generalize the patterns proposed by Ron Resch and allow the construction ...

Abstract: Multistable origami and its snapping behaviors between the folded states have attracted scientists’ and engineers’ attention as the building block for the design of mechanical devices and metamaterials. We propose a novel ...

Abstract: When actuating a rigid origami mechanism by applying moments at the crease lines, we often confront the bifurcation problem where it is not possible to predict the way the model will fold when it is in a flat state. In ...

Abstract: Structural instability, once a catastrophic phenomenon to be avoided in engineering applications, is being harnessed to improve functionality of structures and materials, and has been a catalyst of substantial research in ...