Foldable Robotics Timeline | Foldable Robotics

1992-1995

( Pister, Judy & al., 1992 Pister, K., Judy, M., Burgett, S. & Fearing, R. (1992). Microfabricated hinges. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 33(3). 249–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/0924-4247(92)80172-Y )

( Yeh, Kruglick & al., 1995 Yeh, R., Kruglick, E. & Pister, K. (1995). Microelectromechanical Components For Articulated Microrobots. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.1995.721817 )

( Reid, Bright & al., 1998 Reid, J., Bright, V. & Butler, J. (1998). Automated assembly of flip-up micromirrors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 66(1-3). 292–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01719-6 )

1998-2001

( Shimada, Thompson & al., 2000 Shimada, E., Thompson, J., Yan, J., Wood, R. & Fearing, R. (2000). Prototyping millirobots using dextrous microassembly and folding. Symposium on Microrobotics ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Cong. and Exp. 1–8. )

( Fearing, Chiang & al., 2000 Fearing, R., Chiang, K., Dickinson, M., Pick, D., Sitti, M. & Yan, J. (2000). Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844811 )

( Yan, Wood & al., 2001 Yan, J., Wood, R., Avadhanula, S., Sitti, M. & Fearing, R. (2001). Towards flapping wing control for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933225 )

2003-2004

( Sahai, Lee & al., 2003 Sahai, R., Lee, J. & Fearing, R. (2003). Semi-automated micro assembly for rapid prototyping of a one DOF surgical wrist. Proceedings 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003) (Cat. No.03CH37453), 2(October). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2003.1248918 )

( Wood, Avadhanula & al., 2003 Wood, R., Avadhanula, S., Menon, M. & Fearing, R. (2003). Microrobotics using composite materials: the micromechanical flying insect thorax. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241863 )

( Buchner, 2004 Buchner, T. (2004). Kinematics of 3D Folding Structures for Nanostructured Origami. Retrieved from )

2005-2006

( Avadhanula & Fearing, 2005 Avadhanula, S. & Fearing, R. (2005). Flexure design rules for carbon fiber microrobotic mechanisms. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570339 )

( Wood, Steltz & al., 2005 Wood, R., Steltz, E. & Fearing, R. (2005). Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 119(2). 476–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.024 )

( Sahai, Avadhanula & al., 2006 Sahai, R., Avadhanula, S., Groff, R., Steltz, E., Wood, R. & Fearing, R. (2006). Towards a 3g crawling robot through the integration of microrobot technologies. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2006. 296–302. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641727 )

2008

( Hoover & Fearing, 2008 Hoover, A. & Fearing, R. (2008). Fast scale prototyping for folded millirobots. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 1777–1778. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543462 )

( Wood, 2008 Wood, R. (2008). The First Takeoff of a Biologically Inspired At-Scale Robotic Insect. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 24(2). 341–347. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2008.916997 )

( Hoover, Steltz & al., 2008 Hoover, A., Steltz, E. & Fearing, R. (2008). RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4651149 )

2009-2010

( Birkmeyer, Peterson & al., 2009 Birkmeyer, P., Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2009). DASH: A dynamic 16g hexapedal robot. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2683–2689. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354561 )

( Hoover, Burden & al., 2010 Hoover, A., Burden, S., Shankar Sastry, S. & Fearing, R. (2010). Bio-inspired design and dynamic maneuverability of a minimally actuated six-legged robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5626034 )

( Hawkes, An & al., 2010 Hawkes, E., An, B., Benbernou, N., Tanaka, H., Kim, S., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2010). Programmable matter by folding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(28). 12441–12445. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914069107 )

2011

( Peterson & Fearing, 2011 Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2011). Experimental dynamics of wing assisted running for a bipedal ornithopter. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 5080–5086. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6048800 )

( Peterson, Birkmeyer & al., 2011 Peterson, K., Birkmeyer, P., Dudley, R. & Fearing, R. (2011). A wing-assisted running robot and implications for avian flight evolution. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/6/4/046008 )

( Hoffman & Wood, 2011 Hoffman, K. & Wood, R. (2011). Passive undulatory gaits enhance walking in a myriapod millirobot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094700 )

2012

( Sreetharan, Whitney & al., 2012 Sreetharan, P., Whitney, J., Strauss, M. & Wood, R. (2012). Monolithic fabrication of millimeter-scale machines. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(5). 55027. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/22/5/055027 )

2013

( Koh & Cho, 2013 Koh, J. & Cho, K. (2013). Omega-Shaped Inchworm-Inspired Crawling Robot With Large-Index-and-Pitch (LIP) SMA Spring Actuators. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 18(2). 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2012.2211033 )

( Haldane, Peterson & al., 2013 Haldane, D., Peterson, K., Garcia Bermudez, F. & Fearing, R. (2013). Animal-inspired design and aerodynamic stabilization of a hexapedal millirobot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631034 )

( Lee, Jung & al., 2013 Lee, D., Jung, G., Sin, M., Ahn, S. & Cho, K. (2013). Deformable wheel robot based on origami structure. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631383 )

( Lee, Kim & al., 2013 Lee, D., Kim, J., Kim, S., Park, J. & Cho, K. (2013). Design of Deformable-Wheeled Robot Based on Origami Structure with Shape Memory Alloy Coil Spring. )

( Kohut, Zarrouk & al., 2013 Kohut, N., Zarrouk, D., Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2013). Aerodynamic steering of a 10 cm high-speed running robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697167 )

( Felton, Tolley & al., 2013 Felton, S., Tolley, M., Shin, B., Onal, C., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2013). Self-folding with shape memory composites. Soft Matter, 9(32). 7688. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm51003d )

2014

( Baisch, Ozcan & al., 2014 Baisch, A., Ozcan, O., Goldberg, B., Ithier, D. & Wood, R. (2014). High speed locomotion for a quadrupedal microrobot. The International Journal of Robotics Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364914521473 )

( Felton, Tolley & al., 2014 Felton, S., Tolley, M., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2014). A method for building self-folding machines. Science, 345(6197). 644–646. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1252610 )

2015

( Miyashita, Guitron & al., 2015 Miyashita, S., Guitron, S., Ludersdorfer, M., Sung, C. & Rus, D. (2015). An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds , Walks , Swims , and Degrades. 1490–1496. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139386 )

( Firouzeh & Paik, 2015 Firouzeh, A. & Paik, J. (2015). Robogami: A Fully Integrated Low-Profile Robotic Origami. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 7(2). 021009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029491 )

2016

( Mulgaonkar, Araki & al., 2016 Mulgaonkar, Y., Araki, B., Koh, J., Guerrero-Bonilla, L., Aukes, D., Makineni, A., Tolley, M., Rus, D., Wood, R. & Kumar, V. (2016). The Flying Monkey: A Mesoscale Robot That Can Run, Fly, And Grasp. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487667 )

( Wang, Plecnik & al., 2016 Wang, L., Plecnik, M. & Fearing, R. (2016). Robotic folding of 2D and 3D structures from a ribbon. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487550 )

2017

( Overvelde, Weaver & al., 2017 Overvelde, J., Weaver, J., Hoberman, C. & Bertoldi, K. (2017). Rational design of reconfigurable prismatic architected materials. Nature, 541(7637). 347–352. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20824 )

( Karras, Fuller & al., 2017 Karras, J., Fuller, C., Carpenter, K., Buscicchio, A., McKeeby, D., Norman, C., Parcheta, C., Davydychev, I. & Fearing, R. (2017). Pop-up mars rover with textile-enhanced rigid-flex PCB body. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989642 )

( Li, Vogt & al., 2017 Li, S., Vogt, D., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2017). Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(50). 201713450. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713450114 )

( Zhakypov, Belke & al., 2017 Zhakypov, Z., Belke, C. & Paik, J. (2017). Tribot: A deployable, self-righting and multi-locomotive origami robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206445 )

( Schulz, Sung & al., 2017 Schulz, A., Sung, C., Spielberg, A., Zhao, W., Cheng, R., Grinspun, E., Rus, D. & Matusik, W. (2017). Interactive robogami: An end-to-end system for design of robots with ground locomotion. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364917723465 )

2018

( McClintock, Temel & al., 2018 McClintock, H., Temel, F., Doshi, N., Koh, J. & Wood, R. (2018). The milliDelta: A high-bandwidth, high-precision, millimeter-scale Delta robot. Science Robotics, 3(14). eaar3018. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aar3018 )

Bibliography

Avadhanula & Fearing (2005): Avadhanula, S. & Fearing, R. (2005). Flexure design rules for carbon fiber microrobotic mechanisms. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2005.1570339
Baisch, Ozcan, Goldberg, Ithier & Wood (2014): Baisch, A., Ozcan, O., Goldberg, B., Ithier, D. & Wood, R. (2014). High speed locomotion for a quadrupedal microrobot. The International Journal of Robotics Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364914521473
Birkmeyer, Peterson & Fearing (2009): Birkmeyer, P., Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2009). DASH: A dynamic 16g hexapedal robot. 2009 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 2683–2689. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2009.5354561
Buchner (2004): Buchner, T. (2004). Kinematics of 3D Folding Structures for Nanostructured Origami. Retrieved from
Fearing, Chiang, Dickinson, Pick, Sitti & Yan (2000): Fearing, R., Chiang, K., Dickinson, M., Pick, D., Sitti, M. & Yan, J. (2000). Wing transmission for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2000.844811
Felton, Tolley, Shin, Onal, Demaine, Rus & Wood (2013): Felton, S., Tolley, M., Shin, B., Onal, C., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2013). Self-folding with shape memory composites. Soft Matter, 9(32). 7688. https://doi.org/10.1039/c3sm51003d
Felton, Tolley, Demaine, Rus & Wood (2014): Felton, S., Tolley, M., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2014). A method for building self-folding machines. Science, 345(6197). 644–646. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1252610
Firouzeh & Paik (2015): Firouzeh, A. & Paik, J. (2015). Robogami: A Fully Integrated Low-Profile Robotic Origami. Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 7(2). 021009. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4029491
Haldane, Peterson, Garcia Bermudez & Fearing (2013): Haldane, D., Peterson, K., Garcia Bermudez, F. & Fearing, R. (2013). Animal-inspired design and aerodynamic stabilization of a hexapedal millirobot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631034
Hawkes, An, Benbernou, Tanaka, Kim, Demaine, Rus & Wood (2010): Hawkes, E., An, B., Benbernou, N., Tanaka, H., Kim, S., Demaine, E., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2010). Programmable matter by folding. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 107(28). 12441–12445. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0914069107
Hoffman & Wood (2011): Hoffman, K. & Wood, R. (2011). Passive undulatory gaits enhance walking in a myriapod millirobot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6094700
Hoover & Fearing (2008): Hoover, A. & Fearing, R. (2008). Fast scale prototyping for folded millirobots. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. 1777–1778. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2008.4543462
Hoover, Steltz & Fearing (2008): Hoover, A., Steltz, E. & Fearing, R. (2008). RoACH: An autonomous 2.4g crawling hexapod robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2008.4651149
Hoover, Burden, Shankar Sastry & Fearing (2010): Hoover, A., Burden, S., Shankar Sastry, S. & Fearing, R. (2010). Bio-inspired design and dynamic maneuverability of a minimally actuated six-legged robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/BIOROB.2010.5626034
Karras, Fuller, Carpenter, Buscicchio, McKeeby, Norman, Parcheta, Davydychev & Fearing (2017): Karras, J., Fuller, C., Carpenter, K., Buscicchio, A., McKeeby, D., Norman, C., Parcheta, C., Davydychev, I. & Fearing, R. (2017). Pop-up mars rover with textile-enhanced rigid-flex PCB body. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2017.7989642
Koh & Cho (2013): Koh, J. & Cho, K. (2013). Omega-Shaped Inchworm-Inspired Crawling Robot With Large-Index-and-Pitch (LIP) SMA Spring Actuators. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics, 18(2). 419–429. https://doi.org/10.1109/TMECH.2012.2211033
Kohut, Zarrouk, Peterson & Fearing (2013): Kohut, N., Zarrouk, D., Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2013). Aerodynamic steering of a 10 cm high-speed running robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2013.6697167
Lee, Kim, Kim, Park & Cho (2013): Lee, D., Kim, J., Kim, S., Park, J. & Cho, K. (2013). Design of Deformable-Wheeled Robot Based on Origami Structure with Shape Memory Alloy Coil Spring.
Lee, Jung, Sin, Ahn & Cho (2013): Lee, D., Jung, G., Sin, M., Ahn, S. & Cho, K. (2013). Deformable wheel robot based on origami structure. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2013.6631383
Li, Vogt, Rus & Wood (2017): Li, S., Vogt, D., Rus, D. & Wood, R. (2017). Fluid-driven origami-inspired artificial muscles. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 114(50). 201713450. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1713450114
McClintock, Temel, Doshi, Koh & Wood (2018): McClintock, H., Temel, F., Doshi, N., Koh, J. & Wood, R. (2018). The milliDelta: A high-bandwidth, high-precision, millimeter-scale Delta robot. Science Robotics, 3(14). eaar3018. https://doi.org/10.1126/scirobotics.aar3018
Miyashita, Guitron, Ludersdorfer, Sung & Rus (2015): Miyashita, S., Guitron, S., Ludersdorfer, M., Sung, C. & Rus, D. (2015). An Untethered Miniature Origami Robot that Self-folds , Walks , Swims , and Degrades. 1490–1496. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2015.7139386
Mulgaonkar, Araki, Koh, Guerrero-Bonilla, Aukes, Makineni, Tolley, Rus, Wood & Kumar (2016): Mulgaonkar, Y., Araki, B., Koh, J., Guerrero-Bonilla, L., Aukes, D., Makineni, A., Tolley, M., Rus, D., Wood, R. & Kumar, V. (2016). The Flying Monkey: A Mesoscale Robot That Can Run, Fly, And Grasp. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487667
Overvelde, Weaver, Hoberman & Bertoldi (2017): Overvelde, J., Weaver, J., Hoberman, C. & Bertoldi, K. (2017). Rational design of reconfigurable prismatic architected materials. Nature, 541(7637). 347–352. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature20824
Peterson & Fearing (2011): Peterson, K. & Fearing, R. (2011). Experimental dynamics of wing assisted running for a bipedal ornithopter. IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems. 5080–5086. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2011.6048800
Peterson, Birkmeyer, Dudley & Fearing (2011): Peterson, K., Birkmeyer, P., Dudley, R. & Fearing, R. (2011). A wing-assisted running robot and implications for avian flight evolution. Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, 6(4). https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3182/6/4/046008
Pister, Judy, Burgett & Fearing (1992): Pister, K., Judy, M., Burgett, S. & Fearing, R. (1992). Microfabricated hinges. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 33(3). 249–256. https://doi.org/10.1016/0924-4247(92)80172-Y
Reid, Bright & Butler (1998): Reid, J., Bright, V. & Butler, J. (1998). Automated assembly of flip-up micromirrors. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 66(1-3). 292–298. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0924-4247(97)01719-6
Sahai, Lee & Fearing (2003): Sahai, R., Lee, J. & Fearing, R. (2003). Semi-automated micro assembly for rapid prototyping of a one DOF surgical wrist. Proceedings 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003) (Cat. No.03CH37453), 2(October). https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2003.1248918
Sahai, Avadhanula, Groff, Steltz, Wood & Fearing (2006): Sahai, R., Avadhanula, S., Groff, R., Steltz, E., Wood, R. & Fearing, R. (2006). Towards a 3g crawling robot through the integration of microrobot technologies. Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2006. 296–302. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2006.1641727
Schulz, Sung, Spielberg, Zhao, Cheng, Grinspun, Rus & Matusik (2017): Schulz, A., Sung, C., Spielberg, A., Zhao, W., Cheng, R., Grinspun, E., Rus, D. & Matusik, W. (2017). Interactive robogami: An end-to-end system for design of robots with ground locomotion. The International Journal of Robotics Research. 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364917723465
Shimada, Thompson, Yan, Wood & Fearing (2000): Shimada, E., Thompson, J., Yan, J., Wood, R. & Fearing, R. (2000). Prototyping millirobots using dextrous microassembly and folding. Symposium on Microrobotics ASME Int. Mechanical Engineering Cong. and Exp. 1–8.
Sreetharan, Whitney, Strauss & Wood (2012): Sreetharan, P., Whitney, J., Strauss, M. & Wood, R. (2012). Monolithic fabrication of millimeter-scale machines. Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering, 22(5). 55027. https://doi.org/10.1088/0960-1317/22/5/055027
Wang, Plecnik & Fearing (2016): Wang, L., Plecnik, M. & Fearing, R. (2016). Robotic folding of 2D and 3D structures from a ribbon. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICRA.2016.7487550
Wood, Avadhanula, Menon & Fearing (2003): Wood, R., Avadhanula, S., Menon, M. & Fearing, R. (2003). Microrobotics using composite materials: the micromechanical flying insect thorax. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2003.1241863
Wood, Steltz & Fearing (2005): Wood, R., Steltz, E. & Fearing, R. (2005). Optimal energy density piezoelectric bending actuators. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, 119(2). 476–488. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sna.2004.10.024
Wood (2008): Wood, R. (2008). The First Takeoff of a Biologically Inspired At-Scale Robotic Insect. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 24(2). 341–347. https://doi.org/10.1109/TRO.2008.916997
Yan, Wood, Avadhanula, Sitti & Fearing (2001): Yan, J., Wood, R., Avadhanula, S., Sitti, M. & Fearing, R. (2001). Towards flapping wing control for a micromechanical flying insect. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/ROBOT.2001.933225
Yeh, Kruglick & Pister (1995): Yeh, R., Kruglick, E. & Pister, K. (1995). Microelectromechanical Components For Articulated Microrobots. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/SENSOR.1995.721817
Zhakypov, Belke & Paik (2017): Zhakypov, Z., Belke, C. & Paik, J. (2017). Tribot: A deployable, self-righting and multi-locomotive origami robot. IEEE. https://doi.org/10.1109/IROS.2017.8206445