
Self-folding Self-folding Origami
Date
October 24, 2017 - 3:00pm to 4:00pm
Location
KLAUS
Room
1116 West
Speaker
Affiliation
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Host
Abstract
There are now a number of experimental platforms for fabricating self-folding origami structures. In these platforms, individual folds on an initially flat sheet are patterned so that the structure folds autonomously into a desired three dimensional shape.
The dream is to develop a system in which three-dimensional structures can be fabricated from a rapid roll-to-roll process. Yet, in our experiments with self-folding origami, structures sometimes misfold, especially as they become more complicated.
In this talk, I will discuss a model to understand why self-folding origami misfolds by counting the number of folding pathways of “random” origami. Finally, I will discuss methods that may circumvent the problem and suppress misfolds.