Self-folding origami has the potential to be utilized in novel areas such as self-assembling robotics and shape-morphing structures. Important decisions in the development of such applications include the choice of active material and its placement on the origami model. With proper placement, the error between the actual and target shapes can be minimized along with cost, weight, and power requirements. Through the incorporation of dynamic models of self-folding origami mechanisms into an optimization routine, optimal orientations for magnetically-active material are identified that minimize error to specified target shapes. The dynamic models, created using Adams 2014, are refined by improvements to magnetic material simulation and more accurate joint stiffness characterization. Self-folding dynamic models of the waterbomb base and Shafer’s Frog Tongue are optimized, demonstrating the potential use of this process as a design tool for other self-folding origami mechanisms.
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ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference
August 2–5, 2015
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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- Design Engineering Division
- Computers and Information in Engineering Division
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978-0-7918-5713-7
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Optimization of a Dynamic Model of Magnetic Actuation of an Origami Mechanism
Landen Bowen,
Landen Bowen
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Kara Springsteen,
Kara Springsteen
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Mary Frecker,
Mary Frecker
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Timothy Simpson
Timothy Simpson
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
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Landen Bowen
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Kara Springsteen
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Mary Frecker
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Timothy Simpson
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA
Paper No:
DETC2015-47458, V05BT08A052; 9 pages
Published Online:
January 19, 2016
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Bowen, L, Springsteen, K, Frecker, M, & Simpson, T. "Optimization of a Dynamic Model of Magnetic Actuation of an Origami Mechanism." Proceedings of the ASME 2015 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference. Volume 5B: 39th Mechanisms and Robotics Conference. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. August 2–5, 2015. V05BT08A052. ASME. https://doi.org/10.1115/DETC2015-47458
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