Automated Actuator Arrangement for Scalable Sheet-based Origami Robots

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K12115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Intelligent robotics
• Research Institution: The University of Tokyo
• Principal Investigator: Niiyama Ryuma 東京大学, 大学院情報理工学系研究科, 講師 (00734592)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: おりがみロボット / ソフトアクチュエータ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We focused on an automatic robot design algorithm and digital fabrication technology for scalable origami robots. Pneumatic actuators are employed to embed actuators in robot structures. Developed small scale robots are based on insect wing that have an elastic origami structure based on bio-inspired approach. We also used inflatable structure for large scale robots. The proposed system accepts desired 3D shape and motion as input. Then, the system automatically scale and arrange actuators on origami structure.

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