BYU's origami-inspired antenna self-deploys for space applications. Produced by BYU Video. It's hard to imagine modern life without cell phones, GPS navigation, wide-spread internet, weather ...

BYU’s Compliant Mechanisms Research lab recently completed a five-year project for the U.S. Air Force, developing designs for a foldable space antennae array that embodies design principles inspired, ...

In theory, their design — which was largely inspired by the paper-folding art of origami — offers a more efficient way to send assembly structures into space, where the robot could then ...

Origami-based designs can be very compact, which is beneficial for space applications as things need to be stowed efficiently. "The product is not only the antenna; to me, the product is the ...

Shutterstock Origami techniques produce stiff but expandable engineering structures with potential applications across industries such as transportation, robotics and space exploration.

Brigham Young University’s Compliant Mechanisms Research Lab is designing space technology inspired by the ancient art of origami. “How can we go in and look at this art form which is ...