The folding pattern, Miura-Ori (Miura fold), designed by Japanese astrophysicist Koryo Miura, is generated from a tessellation with parallelograms. One particularity of the folding method is that the ...
BYU Engineering is well known for origami-inspired research and innovations, including foldable antenna systems used in space. Recently, an undergraduate student made a significant discovery—a new ...
The ancient Japanese art of paper-folding, or origami, is already inspiring the design of the next generation of space vehicles, but now there's a new family of origami shapes that could make them ...