This paper proposes a novel origami-inspired cube pipe structure driven by magnetic force, and investigates its deformation and trigger force using experimental and numerical methods. The cube pipe is made of polyethylene terephthalate and its hinge parts are attached by bistable anti-symmetric carbon fibre-reinforced polymer shells with magnets. The magnetic force is generated by an electromagnet and applied on the shell’s curve edge, which implements the stable state transformation of the bistable shells as well as that of the cube pipe. The required magnetic force for the snap-through process of the structure is experimentally obtained and the results agree well with the finite element results. This novel origami pipe can be extensively used in engineering fields, owing to the fact that the stable state can be transformed by a noncontact method and it can be maintained without external force.

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