Mechanical metamaterials are a class of functional materials with designability and
extraordinary mechanical properties. Due to the manufacturing limitation of traditional …

Snap‐through bistability is often observed in nature (eg, fast snapping to closure of Venus
flytrap) and the life (eg, bottle caps and hair clippers). Recently, harnessing bistability and …

Metamaterials are designed to realize exotic physical properties through the geometric
arrangement of their underlying structural layout,. Traditional mechanical metamaterials …

Recent advances in multi‐material 3D and 4D printing (time as the fourth dimension) show
that the technology has the potential to extend the design space beyond complex …

In most macroscale robotic systems, propulsion and controls are enabled through a physical
tether or complex onboard electronics and batteries. A tether simplifies the design process …

Tensegrity structures provide both structural integrity and flexibility through the combination
of stiff struts and a network of flexible tendons. These structures exhibit useful properties …

Sensors are of great importance in different aspects of research and industry. Future sensors
will require high‐efficient and low‐cost manufacturing, as well as high‐performance …

Shape memory polymers (SMPs) are smart materials capable of changing their shapes in a
predefined manner under a proper applied stimulus and have gained considerable interest …

We introduce a metamaterial-based self-deployable system with a rotational periodicity. As a
demonstration, we propose an autonomous solar panel array that is programmed to self …

We present Bistable Auxetic Surface Structures, a novel deployable material system based
on optimized bistable auxetic cells. Such a structure can be flat-fabricated from elastic sheet …