Packing soft-sheet materials of approximately zero bending stiffness using Soft Origami (origami patterns applied to soft-sheet materials) into cylindrical volumes and their deployment via mechanisms or internal pressure (inflation) is of interest in fields including automobile airbags, deployable heart stents, inflatable space habitats, and dirigible and parachute packing. This paper explores ...

Origami is a Japanese traditional art of paper folding. Recently, Origami became a topic of active research due to its relation to art, geometry, theorem proving, and declarative programming. It has been recognized that several interesting mathematical problems can be described in an elegant way by paper folds. In this paper we describe an origami programming methodology based on functional log...

In this work, we propose the application of Japanese “Origami” art for a floating function of a small aerial vehicle such as a hexarotor. A preliminary experiment was conducted using Origami magic balls mounted under a hexarotor. This magic ball can expand and shrink using an air pump during free flying. Using this interesting and functional concept, it promises to reduce the resistance of wind...

The advent of DNA origami technology greatly simplified the design and construction of nanometer-sized DNA objects. The self-assembly of a DNA-origami structure is a straightforward process in which a long single-stranded scaffold (often from the phage M13mp18) is folded into basically any desired shape with the help of a multitude of short helper strands. This approach enables the ready genera...

DNA origami is a novel self-assembly technique allowing one to form various two-dimensional shapes and position matter with nanometer accuracy. We use DNA origami templates to engineer surface-enhanced Raman scattering substrates. Specifically, gold nanoparticles were selectively placed on the corners of rectangular origami and subsequently enlarged via solution-based metal deposition. The resu...

We present an origami construction of a maximum equilateral triangle inscribed in an origami, and an automated proof of the correctness of the construction. The construction and the correctness proof are achieved by a computational origami system called Eos (E-origami system). In the construction we apply the techniques of geometrical constraint solving, and in the automated proof we apply Gröb...

Origami is a paper art used to create three-dimensional (3D) objects by cutting and folding a single sheet of paper. Origami is labor-intensive and requires a high skill level to generate two-dimensional (2D) objects that pop-up into realistic 3D objects. However, this special feature makes designing an origami architecture procedure challenging. This paper provides a novel algorithm to create ...

DNA nanoassemblies have demonstrated wide applications in various fields including nanomaterials, drug delivery and biosensing. In DNA origami, single-stranded DNA template is shaped into desired nanostructure by DNA staples that form Holliday junctions with the template. Limited by current methodologies, however, mechanical properties of DNA origami structures have not been adequately characte...

Origami is the art of folding paper. It is a simple way of constructing geometric shapes from a single sheet of paper without using any cuts. There are two usual forms to document an origami model; diagrams and crease patterns. Diagrams are the step-by-step sequences that can be found in traditional origami books while crease pattern is the pattern of creases left on the paper after folding an ...