Adaptable weaving origami

As intelligence continues to deepen in engineering fields, adaptable shape-morphing structures face increasing demands for multifunctionality and reconfigurability. Origami has been widely explored in deployable structures, mechanical computing, metamaterials, and metamorphic robots. However, conventional origami designs typically rely on single-layer folding topologies, which impose intrinsic trade-offs among foldability, mobility, and reconfigurability and thus limit their generality. Here, we show that weaving-inspired origami can overcome these constraints by introducing interlaced strip architectures into origami design. This strategy enables the simultaneous realization of developability, flat-foldability, and rigid foldability, while supporting coupled extension, twisting, and bending deformations. Based on this framework, we establish a library of origami units with diverse polygonal configurations that exhibit rich and programmable morphing behaviors. Demonstrations including mechanical encryption, adaptable apertures, and an origami gripper illustrate the versatility of the proposed approach. These results show that weaving provides a promising pathway for constructing general-purpose origami structures suitable for interdisciplinary engineering applications.

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Science Advances
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2026-08-28
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https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.aef6082
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Advanced Materials and Mechanics
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Adaptable weaving origami

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Abstract

As intelligence continues to deepen in engineering fields, adaptable shape-morphing structures face increasing demands for multifunctionality and reconfigurability. Origami has been widely explored in deployable structures, mechanical computing, metamaterials, and metamorphic robots. However, conventional origami designs typically rely on single-layer folding topologies, which impose intrinsic trade-offs among foldability, mobility, and reconfigurability and thus limit their generality. Here, we show that weaving-inspired origami can overcome these constraints by introducing interlaced strip architectures into origami design. This strategy enables the simultaneous realization of developability, flat-foldability, and rigid foldability, while supporting coupled extension, twisting, and bending deformations. Based on this framework, we establish a library of origami units with diverse polygonal configurations that exhibit rich and programmable morphing behaviors. Demonstrations including mechanical encryption, adaptable apertures, and an origami gripper illustrate the versatility of the proposed approach. These results show that weaving provides a promising pathway for constructing general-purpose origami structures suitable for interdisciplinary engineering applications.

Science AdvancesVol. 12(35)
Chinese University of Hong Kong (HK), Harbin Institute of Technology (CN), Guangdong Institute of Intelligent Manufacturing (CN), Wuhu Hit Robot Technology Research Institute (CN)
National Natural Science Foundation of China, Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation of Guangdong Province
Openalex Percentile: Top 19%
Advanced Materials and Mechanics
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