Purdue University Mechanical Engineering | 3D Printed Shape-Shifting Furniture Inspired by Venus Flytrap @PurdueME | Uploaded July 2020 | Updated October 2024, 3 hours ago.
Full story: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/News/2020/shapeshifting-furniture-inspired-by-venus-flytrap
"Flat pack furniture" may soon have a new meaning. Purdue researchers have developed a 3D printing method that emulates the switchable bistability of the Venus flytrap plant. This breakthrough in material science may soon inspire flat objects that snap into their final stable form with very little external force.

Katie Riley is a PhD student working with assistant professor Andres Arrieta in the Programmable Structures Lab, located at Herrick Labs: https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProgrammableStructures

Read the paper: doi.org/10.1016/j.matdes.2020.108888
Mechanical Engineering: https://purdue.edu/ME