| Abstract: | Technologies for making self-erecting structures are described herein. An
exemplary self-erecting structure comprises a plurality of shape-memory
members that connect two or more hub components. When forces are applied
to the self-erecting structure, the shape-memory members can deform, and
when the forces are removed the shape-memory members can return to their
original pre-deformation shape, allowing the self-erecting structure to
return to its own original shape under its own power. A shape of the
self-erecting structure depends on a spatial orientation of the hub
components, and a relative orientation of the shape-memory members, which
in turn depends on an orientation of joining of the shape-memory members
with the hub components. |