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The cost, however, was prohibitively expensive; the mechanism, without drives, controls, or frames would have cost more than $20,000 each. The answer was to design and build our own system.” ...

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References [1] Thin-walled deployable composite structures: A review. Progress in Aerospace Sciences (2024). [2] Folding mechanics of a bistable composite tape-spring for flexible mechanical hinge ...

Mechanical metamaterials represent an exciting frontier in materials science, ... Bistable Mechanisms: Systems capable of maintaining two distinct stable configurations, ...