Practical Origami and Kirigami for Engineering

Basics

• Abbreviated as POKE
• A term for the broad concept of using Origami / Kirigami processes, or similar philosophies but with actual hinges rather than Compliant Mechanisms

Internal Links

• Metamaterial

External Links

• The Wikipedia Page on Origami
• The Wikipedia Page on Kirigami
• The Wikipedia Page on Modular Origami
• The Wikipedia Page on Action Origami
• The Wikipedia Page on Pop Up Books
  • AN Example; A Pop Up Book Style Table from Corrugated Containerboard (Probably Lasercut ? Could be (somewhat) practical if waterproofed via a plastic layer?)
• The Wikipedia Page on Crumpling
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Veritasium" Titled "Engineering with Origami"
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "Tested" Titled "Adam Savage's Maker Tour: MIT's Center for Bits and Atoms (Part 4)"
  • They used a Cutting and Folding Machine as well as some crazy cnc all in one machine to make various things involving this method
• A Nasa . gov article titled "Solar Power, Origami-Style"
• A Smitsonian Magazine Article Titled "Origami: A Blend of Sculpture and Mathematics"
• A 2018 Paper Titled "An origami-inspired, self-locking robotic arm that can be folded flat"
  • Website Page on It
• A Video by the YouTube Channel "NewsAtIllinois" Titled "A Twist on Engineering: Origami "Zippered Tube" Prototypes Offer New Structural Options"