Tensegrity systems are space structures of a special nature and their industrial use has not yet been fully developed. The article describes the state of the art. The systems examined are geometrically and mechanically complex. Solutions have been found for some of the problems and others require development. A large set of references identifies the main contributions of researchers encouraging the designing of tensegrity systems open up new prospects for construction and application.
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