Tensegrity Membrane Folding (Kangaroo2)

[archisu (Doasuben)]

Hello all! I am trying to model a membrane tensegrity structure using Grasshopper.

I am designing a variation of a Jitterbug mechanism for an artist-in-residence program. The part I am struggling with is creating a folding actuator in between the modules. So far, I have managed to use Kangaroo2 to represent the membrane and the bars, but I am stuck on how to bring these together in a way that makes them fold(horizontally or vertically) when force is applied to the center, to orchestrate the Jitterbug movement.

I would be glad if someone could guide me in the right direction! I am attaching an image that shows the open and closed states of the whole structure, and some images that show the type of fold I want to achieve, as well as my current .gh file.

Thank you very much in advance!
membrane_tensegrity_dsk.gh (18.3 KB)

[atoosasarrafi]

Hi.

I worked a bit on your file, is this what you are looking for?

membrane_tensegrity_dsk-AtousaEdition.gh (27.3 KB)

[archisu (Doasuben)]

Hello! Thank you so much for looking into it!

Currently, it seems that the rods are fixed, and when force is applied, the mesh moves away from the fixed points. I am trying to get the rods to move together with the mesh, to get the folding motion. Do you have any insight on how I could get there? I tried to sketch the movement I am going for in blue, on a view capture of how it currently looks.

Thank you again!