A study on developing a design tool for curved origami

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24760115
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Design engineering/Machine functional elements/Tribology
• Research Institution: University of Tsukuba
• Principal Investigator: MITANI Jun 筑波大学, システム情報系, 准教授 (40392138)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 形状モデリング / 可展面 / 折り紙

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Origami, which is known as a paper folding technique, is applicable for folding objects smaller or for constructing objects from a single flat materials. These are recognized as useful technologies for industrial applications. In our research, we gave attention not only to the standard origami, which only has straight creases and flat polygons, but also to the method for designing curved origami, which has curved creases and curved surfaces. Our research covers developing the following methods: a method for designing geometry from a flat material which has several slits, a method for generating folding processes from crease patterns, and a method for estimating folded shapes by taking consideration about thickness of material. Further, we developed several applications which have interactive design interface for origami design.

Free Research Field

形状モデリング