kirigami grippers can grasp egg yolk and a human hair

NC State researcher Dr. Yin and his co-authors have proposed a simple kirigami approach to achieve 2D-to-curved-3D surface morphologies through both forward and inverse designs. They demonstrated broad potential applications of such curved 3D kirigami structures in non-destructive flexible grippers and dynamically conformable wearable heaters for human knees. The work is published on Nature Communication at