Cu-Al-Ni has been deposited on 50 μm and 75 μm Polyimide and without any post processing or training the developed bi-morph displayed shape memory effect. Joule heating was utilized for life cycle analysis and the bi-morph was tested at various voltages for 500 cycles at 0.05 Hz. Two-way effect has been achieved by using an elastic polyimide substrate and maximum edge displacement of 19 mm was recorded with plate heating. The austenite transformation temperature was found to be As = 215 °C and Af = 240 °C. The shape recovery ratio was calculated and it was found that 75 μm polyimide sheet has better recoverability of than 50 μm.