Art Of Origami Research Articles

The Art of Origami as a Practice of Teaching for Space Geometry

The Art of Origami as a Practice of Teaching for Space Geometry

Benefiting from Origami Art in Fashion Draping By Using Diverse Fabrics

to employ the aesthetic and morphological characteristics of origami art in the work of draping, by identifying the materials that can be used in the design on the manicans. Methodology: The research followed the analytical descriptive method that describes the art of origami, analyzes it and measures the acceptance of these designs by specialists and consumers. Application for making proposed designs executed in the design style on the manicans. The research tools consisted of an evaluation questionnaire for the executed designs, which was presented to the textile and textile specialists from the University faculty and the corresponding universities. In addition, a sample of 147 consumers in the Jeddah region were given their opinions on the origami designs and organza. The results of the study showed statistically significant differences at a level of (0,05) between the average degree of designs executed from the leather material from the point of view of specialists in favor of the first design. In addition, there were statistically significant differences at a level of (0.05) among the average grades of designs made from organza material from the point of view of specialists in favor of the fifth design. There were statistically significant differences at a mean of (0.05) between the average grade of the designs of the skin material from the point of view of consumers in favor of the second design. In addition, there were statistically significant differences at an indication level (0.05) among the average grades of designs made from organza material from the point of view of consumers in favor of the fifth design. In addition, there were statistically significant differences at the level of (0,05) among the six designs implemented according to the opinions of the specialists in favor of the first design in the skin thickness, and in favor of the second design of the skin thickness for consumers. Conclusion: The study concludes that further studies should be carried out to investigate elements of the aesthetics of origami.

Electro-ribbon actuators and electro-origami robots.

Origami has inspired novel solutions across myriad fields from DNA synthesis to robotics. Even wider impact can be achieved by active origami, which can move and change shape independently. However, current active origami and the materials that power it are both limited in terms of strength, speed, and strain. Here, we introduce an electrostatic active origami concept, electro-origami, that overcomes these limitations and allows for simple, inexpensive, lightweight, efficient, powerful, and scalable electronic actuators and lightweight and thin robots. The simplest embodiment of electro-origami, electro-ribbon actuators, can be easily fabricated from any combination of conducting and insulating material. We present electro-ribbon actuators that can lift 1000 times their own weight, contract by 99.8% of their length, and deliver specific energy and specific power equivalent to muscle. We demonstrate their versatility in high-stroke and high-force morphologies, multiactuator lattices, 3D-printed and paper actuators, self-twisting spirals, and tensile elements inspired by spider silk. More complex electro-origami devices include solenoids, adaptive grippers, robotic cilia, locomoting robots, self-packing deployable structures, origami artificial muscles, and dynamic origami art.

A reconfiguration strategy for modular robots using origami folding

Reconfigurability in versatile systems of modular robots is achieved by changing the morphology of the overall structure as well as by connecting and disconnecting modules. Recurrent connectivity changes can cause misalignment that leads to mechanical failure of the system. This paper presents a new approach to reconfiguration, inspired by the art of origami, that eliminates connectivity changes during transformation. Our method consists of an energy-optimal reconfiguration planner that generates an initial 2D assembly pattern and an actuation sequence of the modular units, both resulting in minimum energy consumption. The algorithmic framework includes two approaches, an automatic modeling algorithm as well as a heuristic algorithm. We further demonstrate the effectiveness of our method by applying the algorithms to Mori, a modular origami robot, in simulation. Our results show that the heuristic algorithm yields reconfiguration schemes with high quality, compared with the automatic modeling algorithm, simultaneously saving a considerable amount of computational time and effort.

Creating modern designs for narrow interior spaces inspired by the art of origami

When it comes to design our homes, which have a limited space, we are looking for all available means to successfully furnish the house, despite its limited space, so it is imperative to reach the smartest solutions for furnishing this house. These solutions would be conducive to getting the most out of small spaces, and it is preferable to use furniture pieces that are convertible from one function to another so that the furniture pieces perform more than one function, while taking a small space in the house. The multi-use furniture is the result of effective and innovative solutions in the field of interior design to the problem of small living space in light of the population growth and the financial crisis facing the world and the tendency of countries to horizontal expansion which is the acquisition of pieces of furniture that can be transformed from one shape to another or from one job to another in line with the modern style using the art of origami in order to achieve several objectives, including solving the problem of small spaces and making good use of them in addition to adding an aesthetic touch to the interior space, and this is done using the art of origami. Origami is an ancient Japanese art that means forming paper to make three-dimensional models using techniques of folding and carving and combining these techniques with various paper shapes to create composite designs. From the standpoint of emphasizing the role of the interior design in finding solutions for limited spaces, the idea of research came to conclude ideas for multi-use and convertible designs that serve narrow interior spaces using the art of origami.

(Invited) Flexible, Foldable and Multi-Functional Paper-Based Electronics

Great advances have been made in developing cheap, simple, multi-functional and energy-saving fabrication processes for flexible electronics. Paper, as a flexible, foldable, cost-efficient and mass productive substrate, has shown diverse applications for flexible electronics to meet such demand. Recently, we have successfully demonstrated the first nonvolatile resistive memory using paper as substrates by means of all-printing techniques. Moreover, we also implemented the algorithm of Origami art into the device design for the flexible electronics, such as photodetectors and nanogenerators, taking advantage of the foldability and adaptability of paper substrates. In particular, paper origami triboelectric nanogenerators using paper as the starting material, with high degree of flexibility, light weight, low cost, and recyclability is presented. We believe that these findings will pave a way for future energy harvesting and sensor design, especially for the development of green flexible electronics.

إمکانية الاستفادة من فن الأوريجامى لإثراء القيمة الجمالية لملابس السيدات ومکملاتها The possibility of using the art of origami to enrich the aesthetic value of women's clothing and accessories

ملخص البحث هناک بعض الفنون التى يمکن استخدامه فى عمل تصميمات مبتکرة من الطبيعة وتنفيذها باستخدام فى تشکيل مکملات الزى المختلفه ذلک الفن النابع من الطبيعة الذى يعرف بفن الاوريجامى وهو فن طى الورق ,ونجد انه عند الجمع بين فن الاوريجامى واستخدامه فى مکملات الملابس واستخدامه فى مکملات الملابس وإستخدام ذلک الفن بخامه أشبه للورق فى خصائصه تلک الخامه هى الجلود وذلک لتعطى نفس تاثير الورق عند تشکيله فى فن الاوريجامى ولذلک يهدف البحث الى :- - إنتاج تأثيرات جمالية من استخدام فن الأوريجامى بإستخدام الخامات المختلفه على ملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - يمکن الحصول على قيم إضافية بالجمع بين فن الأوريجامى وخامه الجلد على ملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - ابتکار تصميمات جديدة لملابس السيدات ومکملاتها تعتمد فى جوهرها على استخدام فن الأوريجامى وتنفيذ الوحدات بخامات مختلفه - إثراء القيم الجمالية لملابس السيدات ومکملاتها. - إبراز تأثير فن الأوريجامى وتوظيفه وما يضيفه على الملابس من قيم جمالية وفنية. Summary There are some arts that can be used to make innovative designs of nature and to implement them using the composition of the various decorative supplements that originate from nature, which is known as the art of origami, art of paper folding. When combining the art of origami and its use in clothing supplements and its use in clothing supplements, The art is very similar to the paper in its characteristics. The raw materials are leather, so as to give the same effect of paper when it is formed in the art of origami. - Production of aesthetic effects using the art of origami using different materials on women's clothing and accessories. - Additional values ​​can be obtained by combining the art of origami and heavy skin on women's clothing and accessories. - The creation of new designs for women's clothing and accessories, which in essence depends on the use of the art of origami and the implementation of units with different materials - To enrich the aesthetic values ​​of women's clothing and supplements. - To highlight the impact of the art of the origami and its employment and what it adds to clothing of aesthetic and artistic values.

Origami in evening gowns design using the design on mannequin technique

This research aims to study and analyze the art of origami, learn about the functional and aesthetic characteristics, and benefit from it in the provision of gowns for girls on the mannequin. It has been used in the search descriptive and experimental approach which deals with the description of origami and take advantage of it to make designs set suit girls by using mannequin where was used in the experimental approach a group of specialists in the field of clothes, and a group of producers, and a group of consumers to express their opinion about the proposed designs and determine acceptance or rejection

A Design Tool for a Single Vertex Compliant-Facet Origami Mechanism Including Torsional Hinge Lines

Principles from origami art are applied in the design of mechanisms and robotics increasingly frequent. A large part of the application driven research of these origami-like mechanisms focuses on devices where the creases (hinge lines) are actuated and the facets are constructed as stiff elements. In this paper, a design tool is proposed in which hinge lines with torsional stiffness and flexible facets are used to design passive, instead of active mechanisms. The design tool is an extension of a model of a single vertex compliant facet origami mechanism (SV-COFOM) and is used to approximate a desired moment curve by optimizing the design variables of the mechanism. Three example designs are presented: a constant moment joint (CMJ), a gravity compensating joint (GCJ) and a zero moment joint (ZMJ). The CMJ design has been evaluated experimentally, resulting in a root-mean-squared error (RMSE) of 6.4 × 10−2 N·m on a constant moment value of 0.39 N·m. This indicates that the design tool is suitable for a course estimation of the moment curve of the SV-COFOM in early stages of a design process.

Self-folding origami at any energy scale

Programmable stiff sheets with a single low-energy folding motion have been sought in fields ranging from the ancient art of origami to modern meta-materials research. Despite such attention, only two extreme classes of crease patterns are usually studied; special Miura-Ori-based zero-energy patterns, in which crease folding requires no sheet bending, and random patterns with high-energy folding, in which the sheet bends as much as creases fold. We present a physical approach that allows systematic exploration of the entire space of crease patterns as a function of the folding energy. Consequently, we uncover statistical results in origami, finding the entropy of crease patterns of given folding energy. Notably, we identify three classes of Mountain-Valley choices that have widely varying ‘typical’ folding energies. Our work opens up a wealth of experimentally relevant self-folding origami designs not reliant on Miura-Ori, the Kawasaki condition or any special symmetry in space.

Pseudo-Rigid-Body Modeling of a Single Vertex Compliant-Facet Origami Mechanism

Recently, there has been an increased interest in origami art from a mechanism design perspective. The deployable nature and the planar fabrication method inherent to origami provide potential for space and cost-efficient mechanisms. In this paper, a novel type of origami mechanisms is proposed in which the compliance of the facets is used to incorporate the spring behavior: compliant facet origami mechanisms (COFOMs). A simple model that computes the moment characteristic of a single vertex COFOM has been proposed, using a semispatial version of the pseudo-rigid-body (PRB) theory to model bending of the facets. The PRB model has been evaluated numerically and experimentally, showing good performance. The PRB model is a potential starting point for a design tool which would provide an intuitive way of designing this type of mechanisms including their spring behavior, with very low computational cost.

An Origami Perovskite Photodetector with Spatial Recognition Ability.

Flexible photodetectors are attracting substantial attention because of their promising applications in bendable display and smart clothes which cannot be fulfilled by the existing rigid counterparts. In this work, we demonstrate a newly designed photodetector constructed on the common printing paper. Pencil trace was applied as the graphite electrode. With such a simple and convenient method, the as-prepared photodetector exhibited a satisfactory responsivity of 4.4 mA/W, on/off current ratio of 32, coupled with a high response speed of <10 ms. It also demonstrated excellent mechanical flexibility and durability. Most inspiringly, by an ingenious origami, we created the first perovskite photodetector with a 3D configuration. The cubic photodetector array displayed an excellent spatial recognition ability which could not be achieved in all the previously reported 2D photodetectors. Such a fusion of materials science and the art of origami provides a robust strategy for the design of low-cost flexible electronics, especially for the applications in 3D configurations.

Origami Solar-Tracking Concentrator Array for Planar Photovoltaics

Solar-tracking concentrators can potentially lead to low-cost photovoltaic modules that minimize the use of costly semiconductor materials by improving optical collection and coupling. However, solar concentrators and accompanying trackers have proven to be expensive, bulky, and heavy, thereby resulting in increased balance-of-system costs. Here we demonstrate a lightweight and low-profile, and potentially low-cost planar solar-tracking concentrator based on the ancient Japanese art of origami. The tightly packed hexagonal concentrator and tracker arrays are fabricated by cutting and folding thin reflecting sheets that capture and direct concentrated light onto a small, high-efficiency GaAs solar cell. The tracker enables single-axis solar tracking via a simple one-dimensional translational motion of an actuator with minimal energy expense (∼2.9 J/m2/day). Further, we demonstrate stable operation over 10 000 cycles. The solar concentrated cell achieves a 450% increase in diurnal energy output compared wit...

A disposable power source in resource-limited environments: A paper-based biobattery generating electricity from wastewater

We report a novel paper-based biobattery which generates power from microorganism-containing liquid derived from renewable and sustainable wastewater which is readily accessible in the local environment. The device fuses the art of origami and the technology of microbial fuel cells (MFCs) and has the potential to shift the paradigm for flexible and stackable paper-based batteries by enabling exceptional electrical characteristics and functionalities. 3D, modular, and retractable battery stack is created from (i) 2D paper sheets through high degrees of folding and (ii) multifunctional layers sandwiched for MFC device configuration. The stack is based on ninja star-shaped origami design formed by eight MFC modular blades, which is retractable from sharp shuriken (closed) to round frisbee (opened). The microorganism-containing wastewater is added into an inlet of the closed battery stack and it is transported into each MFC module through patterned fluidic pathways in the paper layers. During operation, the battery stack is transformed into the round frisbee to connect eight MFC modules in series for improving the power output and simultaneously expose all air-cathodes to the air for their cathodic reactions. The device generates desired values of electrical current and potential for powering an LED for more than 20min.

A stackable, two-chambered, paper-based microbial fuel cell

We developed a stackable and integrable paper-based microbial fuel cell (MFC) for potentially powering on-chip paper-based devices. Four MFCs were prepared on a T-shaped filter paper which was eventually folded three times to connect these MFCs in series. Each MFC was fabricated by sandwiching multifunctional paper layers for two-chambered fuel cell configuration. One drop of bacteria-containing anolyte into the anodic inlet and another drop of potassium ferricyanide for cathodic reaction flowed through patterned fluidic pathways within the paper matrix, both vertically and horizontally, reaching each of the four MFCs and filling the reservoir of each device. Bacterial respiration then transferred electrons to the anode, which traveled across an external load to the cathode where they combined with protons. The MFC stack connected in series generated a high power density (1.2μW/cm2), which is two orders of magnitude higher than the previous report on the paper-based MFC stack. This work will represent the fusion of the art of origami and paper-based MFC technology, which could provide a paradigm shift for the architecture and design of paper-based batteries.

Generic Bistability in Creased Conical Surfaces.

The emerging field of mechanical metamaterials has sought inspiration in the ancient art of origami as archetypal deployable structures that carry geometric rigidity, exhibit exotic material properties, and are potentially scalable. A promising venue to introduce functionality consists in coupling the elasticity of the sheet and the kinematics of the folds. In this spirit, we introduce a scale-free, analytical description of a very general class of snap-through, bistable patterns of creases naturally occurring at the vertices of real origami that can be used as building blocks to program and actuate the overall shape of the decorated sheet. These switches appear at the simplest possible level of creasing and admit straightforward experimental realizations.

Foldable Paper-Based Lithium-Ion Batteries

One of the most important aspects to enabling paper electronics are suitable and well integrated power sources. A convenient and useful aspect of paper is its ability to be folded into a multitude of shapes, such as those available by applying origami concepts, which can open the door for unprecedented types of paper electronics. Hence, the development of robust batteries that can also be folded is attractive for achieving good integration with paper-based devices. In this talk, I will discuss how paper folding techniques inspired from Japanese origami can be used to compact a Li-ion battery and increase its energy per footprint area. Full cells were prepared using Li4Ti5O12 and LiCoO2 powders deposited onto current collectors consisting of paper coated with carbon nanotubes. Folded cells showed higher areal capacities compared to the planar versions, with a 5 x 5 cell folded using the Miura-ori pattern displaying a ~14X increase in areal energy density. Furthermore, these cells could achieve extremely high levels of deformability, including foldability, bendability and twistability. This strategy represents the fusion of the art of origami, materials science, and functional energy storage devices and provides new opportunities for foldable, flexible and curvilinear electronics with new mechanical characteristics and functionalities.

Flexible, Foldable and Multi-Functional Paper-Based Electronics

Great advances have been made in developing cheap, simple, multi-functional and energy-saving fabrication processes for flexible electronics.1 Paper, as a flexible, foldable, cost-efficient and mass productive substrate, has shown diverse applications for flexible electronics to meet such demand. Recently, we have successfully demonstrated the first nonvolatile resistive memory using paper as substrates by means of all-printing techniques.2 Moreover, we also implemented the algorithm of Origami art into the device design for the flexible optoelectronics, such as photodetector and nanogenerator, taking advantage of the foldability and adaptability of paper substrate. In particular, paper origami triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) using paper as the starting material, with high degree of flexibility, light weight, low cost, and recyclability is presented.3 We believe that these findings will pave a way for future energy harvesting and sensor design, especially for the development of green flexible electronics. Figure 1

Pentanuclear and Octanuclear Manganese Helices

Invited for the cover of this issue is the group of Hiroki Oshio at the University of Tsukuba, Japan. The cover image shows the metaphoric link between the synthesis of two new manganese clusters and the ancient Japanese art of origami. Origami literally means “folded paper” and allows elaborate shapes to be created from the simplest materials, just like the rigid, planar ligands that were employed to “fold” manganese ions into sophisticated helical superstructures.

Origami as a Sculptural Art in Textile Printing Design

The research explores the origami art (Japanese traditional art of paper folding) and the ability to use it in designing textile printing by employing the techniques and tools necessary to implement printed textile pendants.