Who knew Origami and Robotics were a match made in heaven!? - Yanko Design

With 2 very unlikely reference points, origami and robotic actuators, Arnav Wagh'due south robots mimic the dexterity of human hands, but actuated through hydraulic or pneumatic pumps. Adult equally an experimentation in 'soft robotics', FLXO's applications arrive and wide. Using clever origami folding and readily bachelor parts like actuators and pumps, FLXO helps democratize robotics, allowing people to experiment and tinker with the engineering science without relying on expensive machines and fabricated parts.

Wagh developed FLXO to be a upkeep-friendly however constructive manner to work with soft robotics, and designed a system around it that allows you lot to quite easily put together your own robot in minutes. At the heart of FLXO are the different types of actuators, and their innovative origami sleeves that enable their unique movement. Whether yous need components that curve, twist, or compress and expand in a linear path, FLXO's 3D printed sleeves achieve all the same movements, and the actuators (which are uniform with VeX robotics kits) are designed to exist modular, and tin can easily be assembled together to make anything from a human being paw to a walking toy.

Still in its infancy, Wagh believes soft robotics is a exciting and emerging field, only yet lacks universal accessibility. Designed to exist as ubiquitous every bit LEGO, FLXO aims to bring soft robotics and its cornucopia of possibilities to anyone who wants to build robots that aren't rigid in their pattern and approach, but are more organic and highly adaptive to their surroundings.

Designer: Arnav Wagh