7 Kinetic Sculptures in Lego

7 Lego sculptures in which movement is a basic element. 6 out of 7 are motor-powered. Kinetic art. Enjoy!
0:00 Zylo
0:12 Hyperboloid Spinner
0:35 Contra-Rotating Beams
0:59 Driving Ring
1:30 Tower Curves
2:04 Hoberman Linkage
2:33 Wave Machine
3:25 ALL KINETIC SCULPTURES on a table
Thanks to diamabolo, David C. Roy, aeh5040 and Yoshihito ISOGAWA for the inspiration.
Zylo is based on a wooden kinetic sculpture by David C. Roy.
Hyperboloid Spinner is by diamabolo.
Contra-Rotating Beams idea is from diamabolo, but I used unmodified Lego gears, whereas the original had a hole drilled into a 40-tooth gear.
Tower Curves idea is from aeh5040, but I used different waves and gearing.
Driving Ring idea is from Yoshihito ISOGAWA's "Cycling", but I used a big droid wheel.
Hoberman Linkage is by diamabolo.
Wave Machine is by diamabolo with a few modifications.
@diamabolo

[@Flynn217something]

I can only imagine how cool these would be as permanent desk sculptures if you could get a silent motor to drive them with nothing but the quiet steady clicking of some of the mechanisms.

[@SamGamll]

having a vibration absorbing mat on the table would go some way to reduce a fair bit of the noise I'd imagine

[@8bits59]

​@@SamGamlllego is by its nature pretty sloppy in tolerance, so a lot of what you hear is actually plastic on plastic chatter from the gears. The motors are actually brushless for the most part, but they drive their output through cheap little ABS gear trains that make lots of gear noise.

[@niko5008]

​@@8bits59 what would happen if you just grab a non lego motor?

[@memesarekeem]

@@niko5008 it would explode and everyone would die

[@CrineCritter]

@@memesarekeem 👺👹

[@IceBotYT]

Babe wake up a new BEC video just dropped

[@Jod5nn]

top comment

[@Simigema]

I farted

[@daeggofboblox7168]

@@Simigema damn bro did it smell?

[@LieseFury]

wake me up when an original comment drops

[@halguy5745]

lego gf, a man could only dream

[@Lightning213]

It doesn’t matter how old you are, LEGO constructions keep fascinating you again and again.

[@corncobjohnsonreal]

I agree but if you're like 14 you're too old

[@Markeplier23]

Unless your 100

[@Lightning213]

@@BringerOfDearth I, too, respecfully disagree.

[@Lightning213]

@@Markeplier23 100+ year old people are probably fuming right now.

[@kadrix732]

@@corncobjohnsonreal Disrespectfully disagree.

[@Roger44477]

My grand-uncle was an architect who loved to build mechanical contraptions out of wood as a hobby. He had made many of these same sculptures by hand with hand-cranks over the years and they were some of my favorite toys growing up

[@VinRocks]

your grand uncle sounds like one nifty guy

[@joecola6487]

Today , you can be an architect without knowing how to use a hammer . I know this personally .

[@danwood1121]

That Hoberman linkage with the yellow pieces in the dark looked really striking, very cool!

[@LostandFoundTravel]

Huge on the ceiling of a club with black light paint...

[@pinguiin]

your opinion is wrong thank you for trying

[@pharedbrayson4737]

@@pinguiin so is your mom conceiving you, it is wrong

[@pinguiin]

@@pharedbrayson4737 ouch how will i recover from that weird comment

[@debadityanath4398]

@@pharedbrayson4737 what does that even mean

[@protreo]

Tower curves just made me WOW! Thought this was an illusion at first.

[@althejazzman]

Whichever direction I saw it from, it still didn't make any sense. How do they not clash with each other?

[@jasonhake5502]

​@@althejazzmanblack magic

[@FolloweroftheWay-Jesus]

The tower curves were really mesmerizing

[@Klaster_1]

The wave machine was the coolest, it looked like a fancy wave illustration, but in real life.

[@ArrowSwift509]

The "Tower Curves" and the "Hoberman Linkage" were my favorites. Really nicely done. Can't wait to see more of this!

[@Minty1337]

ironically the Zylo, despite being the simplest, entrances me the most, i know it works and if i follow each linkage i can see how it works, but something about stepping back and looking at it makes that understanding go away

[@silpheedTandy]

it's kind of like the coolest of magic tricks in that way, isn't it? ie still magical in the whole, even if you know how the magic works in the parts

[@igxniisan6996]

3:33, the one at the bottom right corner of the screen: why am I here, just to suffer?

[@OtherworldlyYTP]

This man never fails to impress me

[@bradleyj.fortner2203]

Same. This guy built drone out of Lego and it actually flew. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYa5p4ShbL1_mpY

[@OtherworldlyYTP]

@@bradleyj.fortner2203 yeah Ik. I’ve watched pretty much all of his videos

[@newtybot]

This man always succeeds in impressing me*

[@Suppenfischeintopf]

We know it's a man?

[@genericgymvlogsph9739]

@@Suppenfischeintopf If it were a woman.. She'd tell you 😆

[@mokshjoshi212]

2:18 "HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON "

[@BB_GreenTheE]

or “ WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW WOW “

[@arthur_philyppis]

or NO NO NO NO NO NO

[@andreagarzaserna2546]

Or WAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWAWA

[@youtubeSuckssNow]

Theres a lot of stuff you can do with those. Honestly using the wave one with marbles on it that fall off the end and get rotated back to the top would be cool

[@whocares5946]

I hope you have seen the LEGO great ball contraption videos (GBC)

[@ThatGadgetMatt]

It’s amazing how the tower curves can be perceived like the spinning dancer illusion. I was even able to perceive them moving back and forth instead of spinning in a complete circle in either direction!👁️👁️

[@quinnobi42]

The hoberman linkage was really cool. I wonder if it was designed to do something functional originally.

[@rebel6301]

i think it's probably supposed to be used for like camera apertures/shutters

[@radley1]

​@@poa2.0surface77 get outta here w that 2016 ass joke

[@alaeriia01]

Yes, actually! The Hoberman linkage was developed for scissor lifts, but also was used with the Hoberman Sphere, which is a really cool toy.

[@aurelien5747]

@@poa2.0surface77clearly you don’t identify as a comedian cause that joke was awful

[@diobrando7214]

It is supposed to turn linear motion into radial. It was used for mostly artistic reasons, and for a certain toy

[@digital_pocket_watch]

2:58 *Sailin' the Sea o' Blood*

[@SRobot08]

Bros in the red sea

[@UtahShark8798]

Forget the Dead Sea, we got Red Sea 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

[@gabrielhoy6790]

1:06 General Grievous, we meet again.... And you're still shorter than I expected.

[@xdarin_]

You never grow out of LEGO, it's just that the way you play with it changes.

[@VampirewthBraces]

I'd like to see you building these machines, like your older videos. All the snapping together and testing and such until the machine worked was very relaxing and fun to watch.

[@columbusplusone]

the Hoberman linkage on the dark background would be a phenomenal loading screen/cursor

[@shame2189]

The wave machine actually did a great job at demonstrating why boats need to be at least a couple of meters long

[@Ari--d]

3:20 in soviet russia, ground drives you

[@DNAer]

Never heard of these things but still fascinated to watch them moving. Great video as always.

[@Benzinilinguine]

0:28 a very cool set, but some of these pieces cost an arm and a leg.

[@pillepolle3122]

I LOVE kinetic sculptures. You must be a genius to create those models!

[@nottinghamly]

very relaxing to watch

[@How_Many_Monkeys]

For the wave machine, could you slightly offset the two sides so that the waves also tilt side to side while moving up and down? You’d have to widen the Center channel the waves are riding in but I think it could look pretty cool

[@TheCheat-22]

no intro no distractions just straight to the point. that’s a w

[@nomusicrc]

This was perfect in every way no added music showing you different angles how they work I love it

[@brunobucciarati4169]

I want to see each of these structures built in such a way that everything that could go wrong would go wrong, and then the process of identifying the issues and fixing them. It would be a cool way of showing common mistakes when making mechanical devices such as these and how to troubleshoot when mechanical things don't function properly.

[@hollt693]

The Hyperboloid Spinner caught my attention because I made something very similar years ago out of a clear tube, fishing line, and seed beads. I had forgotten about it until now, and now I'm trying to remember if adding the beads and rolling it was my idea originally, or if I was trying to copy something I'd seen elsewhere.

[@lachlanparker570]

I am in awe already, and I only just finished watching the first contraption. Thank you. My nerdy engineering mind is loving this...

[@Gorphee]

I could see that last one being a segment in a Great Ball Contraption, it could push through like 10 balls all at once... Very cool stuff as usual.

[@Mortiis558]

All of these are really cool, but the Tower Curves are by far my favorite.

[@TheJumiFilm]

So satisfying to look at

[@r4dios1lence92]

I wonder if the wave machine can have its actuators shafts phased differently, so it also bobs and weaves to the sides. The center link (or the whole way the wave boards are connected to the shafts) would have to be redesigned, but that one is so awesome. Awesome job!

[@rapsio24]

It's a bit shame that your latest videos don't include the building part itself. It was really soothing and relaxing to watch, rather than seeing finished structures.

[@PureRushXevus]

1:30 wow that one's so trippy o.O 2:05 and that one looks like CGI with that black background :P

[@nerdy8644]

A moment of silence for the canoe

[@Quasarbooster]

These make me feel like I'm at a museum!

[@AllenKnutson]

Make sure to hit the MIT Museum if you're ever in Boston. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mKSkenRtophrapI

[@Batzoid]

Me at 0:35... He Supports the R.O.C! 🤣

[@ArsiRochell]

2:04 This is the Spahginus Marcronus, also known as, the Macaroni. They measure from 1 inch to 2 inches. They are well known for their presence in various meals spanning from their discovery from 1872. They are also for their coordinated mating dances where 8 of them, 4 being male and the latter half being female, dance in a specific pattern, very reminiscent of the Hoberman Linkage. As the Macaronis start linking to one another, that is where the mating begins, and they still perform the mating dance with it. As for the Macaronis that were either left out or simply just make an imbalance in the dance’s system, they were destined to find another group of Macaronis to perform the mate dancing with. This specie of Spahginus is rather interesting, and how they mate is simply just magnificent to watch. The Spahginus kingdom of animals aren’t exactly well known for this type of mating, it would only simply be of drenching themselves on a vat of hot water, killing themselves, to mate with one another in what could be assumed, an orgy. But for the Marcronus, each of the Macaroni still live, after mating, which fascinated biologists for years, studying on this wonderful creature. They are truly a sight to see, in the Animal Kingdom.

[@anc5588]

What

[@phephemigi]

1:01 One must imagine Sisyphus happy.

[@Alkanaut]

I would like to see some of these working with more than one motor, to see just how much of an effect it has on speed

[@babyface3396]

Love these!!!! It took me a good minute to figure out how the contra-rotating beams worked, lol. Fantastic explorations of shape!!!!!

[@micahjones7837]

These are mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing!

[@mattliu227]

The Zylo worked really well: ultra satisfying too!

[@Tjbilo]

-3:13 how is his boat not melting in the lava lake

[@alizaidanthamyeez740]

Nah bro it’s the red sea

[@Tjbilo]

Oh i see what you mean

[@lunar9342]

I just want one of those marble slides that toss the ball back up into the top. Those look fun to stare at on a slow work night

[@Holmesy87]

That was satisfying to watch

[@Kaleubs]

Those are amazing to watch! Nice job

[@JustAPersonWhoComments]

A kinetic sculpture is not just a work of art, it's a masterpiece in motion

[@caterinagryko1901]

The wave invention is 1of the most satisfying machines ever!

[@brd9762]

What a positively extravagant collection of whatchamacallits, gizmos, and doodads!

[@maartenhappel9014]

Love the Zylo. Simple, yet fun 🙂

[@shady123x]

Amazing

[@kevinbreckenridge6729]

I've always loved Legos and still buy myself a set for Christmas every year (I'm 51). With some Lego builds I've seen in the last 10 years I'm convinced we should be shipping them to the moon, you can build anything!

[@spacewalker72069]

Really cool ideas and motion. Thanks for building and sharing these!

[@Roboseal2]

The engineering that can be made with legos is mind boggling.

[@4nt0s]

Someone should make a massive zylo with an absurd amount of really long pieces

[@JazzbLu]

I could just watch these over and over!

[@kappabravomusic2101]

Super fun creations! I love the last two!!!

[@m.w.4508]

Skills displayed by the driver at 1:06 are absolutely incredible.

[@jakemiller099]

You portioned this JUST enough to keep me watching. well done.

[@harlemslut]

Ok! 5 and 7 have to be my favorite. So trippy lol. Keep up the great work!

[@AnnaSue81]

this lad/lass behind this channel never ceases to amaze me and probably thousands too bravo matey

[@gideonlapidus8996]

Beautiful explanation of mechanics physics and dynamics

[@jon_hodl]

Very nice. Thanks so much for making these. Very fun to watch. Makes me want to make something like this for my desk.

[@r3stl3ss]

thanks for showing no.6 in slow motion. that way i could determine that i still had no idea what was going on. impressive stuff, brickboy👏👏

[@NUeB_net]

More, *PLEASE!* - I could watch such stuff four hours… (seriously)

[@jdbrickcreation]

Congrats for passing 3M Very satisfying video

[@GUNS_jk]

Tower Curves really got my head in a spin.

[@user-zh4vo1kw1z]

I have a feeling that if you have a triangular cart with wheels on the corners and a loose weight or anchorpoint, you could use the wave to have it constantly reset. Also, there are shapes that run smoothly on wavy surfaces, perhaps if you could form the wheels to one of those it could work....

[@panzer_tank]

the contra-rotating beams can be modified a bit to be used as really a smooth wave machine

[@its_pheral7403]

"This is our little brother, Zylo, he doesn't run on a motor but we love him nonetheless."

[@rauknrolf]

Absolutely amazing, well done!

[@OutdoorFreedomDk]

Very much👍🏽and ++ to the "wave machine".

I love your videos. ❤

[@oliassoliass5622]

Some of your shots look unreal! Like it is made in 3D!! But all the sudden we see your hands!!! Looks awesome:)

[@RandomWeebAppeared]

I used to be obsessed with stuff like this as a kid, when I was 8 I remember making a motorized ferris wheel that was just a bit taller than me. Shortly after that I bought my first PC so all these toys suddenly seemed so limited and I never touched any of it again.

[@RyanAtlus]

How long/big would you be able to make a Zylo structure? I'm fascinated by the little chain reaction!

[@zevlowenstein9572]

I might try a circle.

[@minecraft_villager_hmmm8635]

ngl the rotating beams look a bit like DNA also the tower curves be lookin hella fine lmao and the wave machine is also able to be made in minecraft

[@immortily1673]

congrats on 3 mil !

[@Sparky_D]

Three curve tower looks really cool from the right angle.

[@ullcringe2895]

That Hoberman linkage is crazy

[@TylerSkovdalStudio]

1:30 I seen this part IRL on personal store

[@SimplyTakuma]

The tower curves is the most trippy one

[@oniontaster6449]

so this is the dude whos responsabole for making the ayatan sculptures

[@ChristianPoole27]

DUDE that Tower Curves one is so satisfying!!😃😃

[@justriffle]

Awesome and relaxing... 🤩

[@sethreign8103]

I like that he turns each sculpture so you can see how it works from different angles.

[@ErynnDBuck]

Now if there were only some silent motors. Add in a light lubricant to the gears and some shimming to remove gear whine and it would make an excellent sculpture.

[@diandradeeke]

Lego sculptures. What a great concept

[@u-l-t-bd7q]

Technical stuff with legos are one of the best things to exist

[@jrchannel7405]

2:05 that's trippy as hell @.@

[@timokimo8206]

Wow.... That's CRAZY 🤩

[@swaggytoast5242]

easy to get off to. you dried me up! thanks

[@mechcommander7876]

1:13. General Grievous… I thought you would be taller.

[@Eliasdbr]

The Hoberman linkage would work well as a loading spinner indicator