Origami in Space: BYU-designed solar arrays inspired by origami

Origami is a source of inspiration for BYU mechanical engineers who are working with the National Science Foundation, NASA/JPL and origami master Robert Lang to design complaint mechanisms for use in space and in other applications. (Video produced by BYU News. Producer Julie Walker, Photographer Brian Wilcox, Editor Samuel Reimer. Additional images provided by NASA/JPL, , BYU Compliant Mechanisms Research Group, Matthew Gong, and Carrie Henzie (Redpath Museum). See more about BYU space res