ORiS has been selected to join the ESA Phi-Lab Switzerland Space × Materials programme through Meta.Morphos, a research project led by ETH Zürich. It is a selective place to hold: of the 19 proposals submitted to the AM-XTREME call for next-generation manufacturing in extreme environments, only four projects were chosen.

Meta.Morphos investigates adaptive structures that change shape in response to temperature. The project brings together two advanced manufacturing approaches shape-memory alloys, metals that recover a pre-set form when heated, and printed thermoelectric generators, which turn temperature differences into electricity. The goal is a new class of components that can morph, manage heat, and power themselves.

For ORiS, this sits at the heart of wireless power transmission. Delivering energy by laser across orbits and down to the lunar surface demands precise thermal control and optics that adapt in real time. Within Meta.Morphos, ORiS is exploring components that can reshape themselves and dissipate heat building blocks for the systems that will keep satellites, drones, and lunar assets powered without interruption.

ORiS contributes alongside ETH Zürich, Inspire, Meerstetter Engineering, and Würfeli GmbH, under a programme run by ESA and PSI at the European Space Deep-Tech Innovation Centre.

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