• DocumentCode
    250339
  • Title

    Fabrication of origami wheel using pattern embedded fabric and its application to a deformable mobile robot

  • Author

    Dae-Young Lee ; Ji-Suk Kim ; Jae-Jun Park ; Sa-Reum Kim ; Kyu-Jin Cho

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Mech. & Aerosp. Eng., Seoul Nat. Univ., Seoul, South Korea
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    May 31 2014-June 7 2014
  • Firstpage
    2565
  • Lastpage
    2565
  • Abstract
    The unique characteristics of origami to realize 3-D shape from 2-D patterns have been fascinating many researchers and engineers. This paper presents a fabrication of origami patterned fabric wheels that can deform and change the radius of the wheels. PVC segments are enclosed in the fabrics to build a tough and foldable structure. A special cable driven mechanism was designed to allow the wheels to deform while rotating. A mobile robot with two origami wheels has been built and tested to show that it can deform its wheels to overcome various obstacles.
  • Keywords
    cables (mechanical); collision avoidance; deformation; mobile robots; wheels; 3D shape; PVC segments; cable driven mechanism; deformable mobile robot; origami wheel; pattern embedded fabric; polyvinyl chloride; wheel radius; Educational institutions; Fabrication; Fabrics; Mobile robots; Shape; Wheels;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2014 IEEE International Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Hong Kong
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICRA.2014.6907222
  • Filename
    6907222