Articles | Volume 12, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-12-933-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/ms-12-933-2021
Research article
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04 Oct 2021
Research article |  | 04 Oct 2021

A toy-inspired kirigami pattern and its kinematic performance by applying mechanisms and machine theory

Weiwei Lin, Kunjing Chen, Yuan Gao, Aihua Chen, Fufu Yang, and Huijuan Feng

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The problem of inverse folding, determining the distribution of creases according to the desired shape, requires luck and artist inspiration, and it is a very complicated process. Here, we try to solve an inverse folding problem about a folding toy and get some kirigami patterns. It opens up a new way to solve the problem and can also help students understand the theory of mechanisms and machines.