(2012), potential applications and the state of the art at the time were explored ... Instead of the folding of the paper creating the final shape, with kirigami it are the initial cuts made ...

The design of these units was inspired by kirigami, which is the art of cutting and folding paper. Yin and his collaborators have applied the principles of kirigami to three-dimensional materials ...

Using the design principles of the kirigami, the ancient art of folding and cutting paper, researchers at the North Carolina State University in the US have developed technology that can move ...