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Introducing robotic origami folding
D.J. Balkcom and M.T. Mason
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004, pp. 3245-3250.

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Origami, the human art of paper sculpture, is a fresh challenge for the field of robotic manipulation, and provides a concrete example for many difficult and general manipulation problems. This paper presents some initial results, including the world's first origami-folding robot, definition of a simple class of origami for which we have designed a complete automatic planner, an analysis of the kinematics of more complicated folds, and some new theorems about foldability.

Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Grant ID: IIS 0082339; IIS 0222875

Associated lab/group: Manipulation Lab
Associated project: Robotic Origami Folding

D.J. Balkcom and M.T. Mason, "Introducing robotic origami folding," IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2004, pp. 3245-3250.

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   author = "Devin J. Balkcom and Matthew T. Mason",
   title = "Introducing robotic origami folding",
   booktitle = "IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation",
   year = "2004",
   pages = "3245-3250"
}