New software speeds origami structure designs Date: October 11, 2017 Source: Georgia Institute of Technology Summary: Researchers have developed a new computer-aided approach that streamlines the ...

Engineers have created a configurable robot that can transform into various structures, which has potential applications for ...

In the new work, Rothemund and his colleagues used DNA origami to create a lilypad-like structure—a flat, circular surface about 100 nanometers in diameter, tethered by a DNA linker to a gold ...

The approach works because the origami structure is inherently overconstrained. The researchers achieve a simpler design by removing certain panels, all while preserving the structure's functionality.

The system consists of a DNA origami structure, out of which a single-stranded DNA protrudes, which has been labeled with fluorescent dye at its tip.

“In its unfolded flat state, our origami structure tumbles chaotically in the wind, similar to an elm leaf. But switching to the folded state changes the airflow around it and enables a stable ...

In its unfolded flat state, our origami structure tumbles chaotically in the wind, similar to an elm leaf. But switching to the folded state changes the airflow around it and enables a stable ...

"The arm uses origami (structure) to create a bendable but torsionally stiff structure, and so this can change links, to move in all directions, but it is resistant to twisting," Conrad said.

New software speeds origami structure designs. Georgia Institute of Technology. Funder National Science Foundation DOI 10.1098/rspa.2017.0348. Keywords /Applied sciences and engineering ...