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21st February 2018, 20:03
Developer - Bertoldi Group (https://pr.ai/showthread.php?t=17999), Materials and Structures by Design, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
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21st February 2018, 20:05
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Buckling induced kirigami
Published on Feb 24, 2017
Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) are drawing material inspiration from the ancient Japanese paper craft of kirigami.
"New pop-up strategy inspired by cuts, not folds (https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2017/02/new-pop-up-strategy-inspired-by-cuts-not-folds)"
The ancient art of kirigami is inspiring a new class of materials
by Leah Burrows
February 24, 2017
Airicist
21st February 2018, 20:05
https://youtu.be/0avdwGpOC98
Snakeskin Robot
Published on Feb 21, 2018
A team of researchers from the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS) has developed a soft robot inspired by snakeskin. The robotic scales are made using kirigami - an ancient Japanese paper craft that relies on cuts, rather than origami folds, to change the properties of a material. As the robot stretches, the flat kirigami surface is transformed into a 3D-textured surface, which grips the ground just like snakeskin.