Origami Caterpillar

2020

Origami Caterpillar

Origami Caterpillar
Origami Caterpillar
Origami Caterpillar
Origami Caterpillar

A capstone project in architectural structural geometry: an origami robot that walks like a caterpillar, built from an origami tube (Tachi, 2009) in a soft material, achieving a wave-like walking motion by controlling the fold angle at just one point near one end.

Simulation used Kangaroo (a Grasshopper plugin); the model was built from cardboard and cellophane tape, actuated with a kerosene pump and a plastic bag.

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