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Lamina Emergent Mechanisms (also known as LEMs) are more commonly referred to as "Pop-up Mechanisms" as seen in "pop-up-books". LEM is the technical term of such mechanisms or engineering. LEMs are a subset of compliant mechanisms fabricated from planar materials (lamina) and have motion emerging from the fabrication plane. LEMs use compliance, or the deflection of flexible members to achieve motion. [1]
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms are an earlier concept similar to LEMs. [2] More well known LEMs include pop-up books, [3] flat-folding origami mechanisms, origami stents, [4] and deployable mechanisms. The research in LEMs also overlaps with deployable structures, [5] origami, kirigami, compliant mechanisms, microelectromechanical systems, packaging engineering, [6] robotics, [7] paper engineering, developable mechanisms, and more.
![]() | This article may be
confusing or unclear to readers. (June 2011) |
Lamina Emergent Mechanisms (also known as LEMs) are more commonly referred to as "Pop-up Mechanisms" as seen in "pop-up-books". LEM is the technical term of such mechanisms or engineering. LEMs are a subset of compliant mechanisms fabricated from planar materials (lamina) and have motion emerging from the fabrication plane. LEMs use compliance, or the deflection of flexible members to achieve motion. [1]
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms are an earlier concept similar to LEMs. [2] More well known LEMs include pop-up books, [3] flat-folding origami mechanisms, origami stents, [4] and deployable mechanisms. The research in LEMs also overlaps with deployable structures, [5] origami, kirigami, compliant mechanisms, microelectromechanical systems, packaging engineering, [6] robotics, [7] paper engineering, developable mechanisms, and more.