kirigami

3D Printed Origami By Matthew Lim

We’ve been excited about 3D printed kirigami and origami a lot on 3Dprint.com. We’ve written about self-folding 4D origami, soft robotics origami, soft robotic actuators made with origami and 3D…

A Growing Area of Interest: 3D Printed Kirigami Sensors

Kirigami is a Japanese art and craft form where paper is cut and folded into intricate shapes. Often these shapes, accordion-like, can unfold into striking new forms. Whereas origami stretches…

Kirigami Paper Folding Inspires Advanced 3D Nanofabrication Research

When it comes to 3D printed folding research, we hear most often about projects inspired by origami. But as new research coming out of the Chinese Academy of Sciences shows, we…

3D Printing and the Art of Kirigami Lead to a Bandage That Actually Stays in Place

If you’ve ever gotten a cut on your elbow or knee, or even on the joint of a finger, you know it’s a nightmare to try to keep those cuts…