Microelectromechanical systems
Ortho-Planar Mechanisms are an earlier concept similar to LEMs. More well known LEMs include pop-up books, flat-folding origami mechanisms, origami stents, and deployable mechanisms. The research in LEMs also overlaps with deployable structures, origami, kirigami, compliant mechanisms, Microelectromechanical systems, packaging engineering, robotics, paper engineering, developable mechanisms, and more.