摘要： Reentry vehicles and satellites harness the radiation from the Sun using an array of solar panels. These panels are folded compactly, and are quickly unfolded for operations once the satellite is in outer space. During reentry into the earth’s atmosphere, the solar panels must be folded and re-stowed. For the efficient folding and unfolding of the solar panels, a concept of origami called Miura folding has been utilized, which is achieved with the help of robots. These solar panels have been developed primarily at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (Zirbel et al. in Accommodating arrays. ASME. origami-based International design engineering technical conferences and computers and information in engineering conference, vol 6b: 37th mechanisms and robotics conference, 2014). Origami, the art of paper folding involving the creation of two and/or three-dimensional shapes, can be of paramount importance when space is limited and can be used as a compactly stowed system that transforms into a 3D structure with variable functionality. This chapter reviews the attempts made so far by the scientific community in applying the principles of origami in solar panel arrays. A few studies suggest the possibility of using rigid origami in the manufacture of stretchable electronics without employing elastomeric materials. They specifically fabricated origami-enabled stretchable solar cells, which can achieve significant deformability.