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# Unfolding the Next Generation of Robots: GRASP Researchers Win Award for Kinegami

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Honors + Awards, Research + Innovation / July 29, 2024

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[Ian Scheffler](https://www.seas.upenn.edu/stories/author/ischeff/)

Researchers in the [General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception](https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/) (GRASP) Laboratory at the University of Pennsylvania are developing an algorithm for designing functioning robots through folding.

The paper that details the design and code behind the project, [Kinegami: Algorithmic Design of Compliant Kinematic Chains From Tubular Origami](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9914656), was awarded an honorable mention for the 2023 *Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers* (IEEE) *Transactions on Robotics* King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award.

The project is a collaborative effort between two GRASP subgroups — the Sung Robotics Lab, which focuses on computational design for soft and origami robots, and Kod\*lab, which focuses on modeling and control of bio-inspired robots — aiming to make robot design more accessible to the general public.

Before collaborating on the Kinegami project, Daniel Feshbach’s main project in the Sung Lab was a centimeter-scale origami quadruped called CurveQuad. (Credit: Justin Nachea)

**[To learn more about Kinegami, read the full story on the GRASP Lab website.](https://www.grasp.upenn.edu/news/kinegami/)**

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