Demos

Here we present some interesting videos for demonstrations.

Symmetric and asymmetric snap-through

Capture of space debris using a tether-net system.

Dancing net.

Form-finding of a hollow gridshell by using buckling instability.

Snap of a pre-stressed elastic gridshell.

Snap of an elastic gridshell.

Handling cloth.

Cloth simulation.

Jumping behavior of a bi-stable shell actuator.

Shear-induced bifurcation of an elastic plate.

Elastic-plastic rod.

A rigid ring sliding on an elastic rod.

Folding of an annular ribbon.

Multistability of an origami annulus.

The rotational-induced flip of an elastic strip.

The rotational-induced snap-through of an elastic strip.

Contact between two rods.

Rod deployment with a prescribed pattern.

Inverse design of a planar beam with a target configuration.

Snap-induced jumping robot.

Rolling motion of SMA-powered soft robots.

Swimming motion of SMA-powered soft robots.

The crawling motion of a cilia robot.

The rolling motion of a cilia robot.

The pressurized membrane as a soft actuator.

Hysteresis of a helical magnetic rod.

Directional control of bacteria flagellar propulsion.

Bundling behavior of two helical rods rotating in a viscous environment.