The CNRS, through the program "Biomimetism Challenge"("Défi Biomimétisme") has awarded us a one-year project to explore the development of bio-inspired graphene origami structures for NEMS development. The project gathers physicists, chemist and mathematicians from the Unviersity of Lyon (iLM) and the University of Aquitaine (Pau) and is managed by the iLM (SOPRANO group, coordinator: Alfonso San Miguel).