3 papers
cond-mat.soft2026
Folding-Driven Auxetic Weft Knit Textiles with Integrated Capacitive Sensing
Kausalya Mahadevan, Helen E. Read, Anya X. Zhang +3
Machine knitting provides a scalable platform for manufacturing multifunctional textiles in which geometry, mechanics, and embedded functionality can be programmed at the stitch le…
cond-mat.soft2026
Knitting Multistability
Kausalya Mahadevan, Michelle C. Yuen, David T. Farrell +4
Curved elastic shells can be fabricated through molding or by harnessing residual stresses. These shells often exhibit snap-through behavior and multistability when loaded. We pres…
cs.RO2024
Origami crawlers: exploring a single origami vertex for complex path navigation
Davood Farhadi, Laura Pernigoni, David Melancon +1
The ancient art of origami, traditionally used to transform simple sheets into intricate objects, also holds potential for diverse engineering applications, such as shape morphing…