Very Defected Thick Shells

There has been a significant exploration into how defects affect thin shells, but limited research into how defects affect thick shells. I am working with the Bertoldi Group at Harvard to investigate this problem. I have manufactured and tested shells to validate and refine the finite element model and designed combinations of shells to functionalize the findings.

To demonstrate the control these defects give. I helped design a underactuated robot that controls six different legs with one input (volume) to allow the robot to roll.