A method for building self-folding machines

Science

Volumn 345, Issue 6197, 2014, Pages 644-646

  Felton, S ^a   Tolley, M ^a   Demaine, E ^b   Rus, D ^b   Wood, R ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MACHINERY; ROBOTICS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GEOMETRY; MACHINE; MEMORY; MOTION; POWER SUPPLY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROBOTICS; SELF CONTROL; SELF FOLDING MACHINE; WALKING;

EID: 84905915124     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1252610     Document Type: Article

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