Nature
Kirigami-inspired parachutes with programmable reconfiguration.
Danick Lamoureux, Jérémi Fillion, Sophie Ramananarivo, Frédérick P Gosselin, David Melancon
Published: 202510.1038/s41586-025-09515-9
Abstract
The art of kirigami allows programming a sheet to deform into a particular manner with a pattern of cuts, endowing it with exotic mechanical properties and behaviours1-17. Here we program discs to deform into stably falling parachutes as they deploy…
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