The Open Access version of this is available at http://www.routledge.com Motion structures draw on the principles of kinematic and geometrical analysis, as an extension of the theory of mechanisms, such as rigid origami. This outlines the underlying theory of motion structural concepts, with innovative but simple structures as examples.

Zhong You is a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford and lecturer at Oxford University

Yan Chen is an Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Introduction: Deployable Structures. Mechanisms for Deployable Structures. Deployable Structures Made from 2D Mechanisms. Deployable Structures Made from 3D Mechanisms. Rigid Origami as Deployable Structures. Final Remarks.