Origami Crane Flaps its Wings With Memory Alloy

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By John Baichtal
Posted 2011/07/25 @ 7:00 am
Category Electronics, General

This crane uses HT Flexinol actuator wire to flap (or more accurately, curl) its wings when the circuit is closed. Created by Jie Qi of MIT’s Hi-Low Tech group.

Electronic Origami Flapping Crane via openMaterials.

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5 Responses to Origami Crane Flaps its Wings With Memory Alloy

Elektronez Vincent on July 25th, 2011 at 3:01 pm said:

How it moves?

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Elektronez Vincent on July 25th, 2011 at 3:01 pm said:

How it moves?

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Anonymous on July 28th, 2011 at 4:09 pm said:

If it doesn’t fly – it should have been a penguin.

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origami on September 12th, 2011 at 4:58 am said:

Size, an adhesive that is crisp and hard when dry, but dissolves in
water when wet and becoming soft and flexible, is often applied to the
paper either at the pulp stage while the paper is being formed, or on
the surface of a ready sheet of paper. The latter method is called
external sizing and most commonly uses Methylcellulose, or MC, paste, or
various plant starches.

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Anonymous on December 22nd, 2011 at 8:09 am said:

would you like to make a crane check my website:
http://origamiforbeginners.webs.com/origami%20website/html/crane.html

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