Folding flat crease patterns with thick materials

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2016, Pages

  Ku, Jason S ^a   Demaine, Erik D ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING;

FOLDED STRUCTURES; MATERIAL THICKNESS; MAXIMUM THICKNESS; NONZERO THICKNESS; PARAMETERIZED; PHYSICAL MODEL; SELF-INTERSECTIONS; THICK MATERIALS;

ROBOTICS;

EID: 84963640921     PISSN: 19424302     EISSN: 19424310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4031954     Document Type: Article

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