The SAMIO 2026 conference was held in Harbin from September 18 to 20, 2026. Jointly hosted by Harbin Institute of Technology, Tianjin University, and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, the conference focused on cutting-edge research in origami-related fields, covering topics ranging from innovations in origami art and interdisciplinary design concepts inspired by origami to diverse engineering applications of origami structures. The event brought together researchers from leading universities and research institutes across China to exchange insights on the latest developments in origami science. A delegation of five teachers and two doctoral students from the Motion Structure Laboratory at Tianjin University attended the conference, delivering one plenary keynote lecture, one invited lecture, and three oral presentations.

        Professor Yan Chen delivered a plenary keynote lecture titled “Design and Programming of Origami Metamaterials”, systematically presenting the laboratory's latest advances in the programming and design of origami-inspired mechanical metamaterials.

        Professor Jiayao Ma presented an invited thematic talk titled “Wrapping Origami: Design Methods and Folding Behavior”, introducing the laboratory's recent work on wrapping origami.

        Postdoctoral researcher Tianshu Wang and doctoral students Zhibo Wei and Lirun Zhang from the Motion Structure Laboratory delivered oral presentations titled “Ori-DID: A Direct Inverse Design Method for Origami”, “Coordinated Thermal Deformation Design of High-Stiffness Bending-Dominated Zero Thermal Expansion Metamaterials”, and “A Thick-Panel Origami Inspired Stepwise Deployable Structure”, respectively.

        This participation at SAMIO fully demonstrated the Motion Structure Laboratory's innovative achievements in frontier research on origami structures and its effective student development. It further strengthened the laboratory’s academic exchanges with peers in the origami community and contributed to advancing frontier exploration in origami structures.