Origami patterns like these enable efficient shape transformation from flat or rolled states.
Yoshimura supports axial cylinder deployment, Miura-ori allows planar expansion, Waterbomb creates spherical forms, Kresling uses rotational cylinder deployment, and Resch supports complex surface folding.
The top shows deployment schematics with arrows, the middle displays 3D models of each folded form, and the bottom provides crease patterns.
These are used to create deployable space structures such as solar arrays and medical implants that expand inside the body.