8 Steel balls moving in straight lines appear to make a rotating circle.

Nice animation of 8 steel balls moving in straight lines appearing to create a rotationg circle.

[@Jjer.z]

when the physics teacher says: "We will ignore friction and air resistance"

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@thedownwardmachine]

I want a ten hour version of this video

[@yuumetal2363]

and you will watch only a min

[@AMEER-114-]

Wouldnt each ball have to be released one after the other in absolutely perfect increments of time or else there would be collision in the center?

[@calvinthemarketer]

is it legal in your state?

[@5after4am]

Right click on 'settings' and hit 'Loop'.

[@patmanrob]

Here's an Hour for you. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp6ZamefbcyMo7s Thank you.

[@claytonkeever2992]

That moment when you realize they are rolling in a straight line...mind blown.

[@patmanrob]

Thank You.

[@WilliamNorrie-c1n]

Ever see a RADIAL ENGINE?

[@waderivers99]

Most genius thing I've seen in a long time.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@WilliamNorrie-c1n]

Ever see a RADIAL ENGINE?

[@waderivers99]

@@WilliamNorrie-c1n No but I will check it out. Thanks.

[@enerbrat5591]

This will be recommended to someone and they might see this comment in the future.

[@patmanrob]

I saw it now. :-) Thank you.

[@CringeGamingIntro]

Yo it just got recommended and I saw your comment!

[@stevencobb6653]

That's wild

[@_LBH_]

They have seen this comment

[@yahyaal-hammali1542]

True

[@jerrys4841]

Fascinating and mesmerizing. Perfect and seamless. Wonderful.

[@patmanrob]

Many thanks!

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

First thing i thought was.... How the heck do you start it??

[@Jarmen__Kell]

It looks CGI'd but the illusion is "real"

[@RG-si6dy]

Yes

[@MisterrTheEditor]

⁠@@Jarmen__Kellrelease the balls at equal intervals in an amount of time that it takes one ball to travel along the track forward and back

[@xithappens]

​@@MisterrTheEditor Bingo! You measure that time and divide by 12. Then, you release each ball at that rate.

[@alexandradane3672]

One ball at a time.

[@1viva]

The person who conceived this is a genius! Tks Rob!

[@patmanrob]

It wasn't me, I just animated it. Thank you.

[@creativetraininghacks]

One of the most beautiful things I've ever seen in my more than half a century spanning life 👍

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@epokepok8019]

Can't get enough of this.

[@patmanrob]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp6ZamefbcyMo7s

[@epokepok8019]

@@patmanrob thanks

[@christopherbooth9077]

It's very, very well rendered and animated - just the slight 'give away' that the balls keep reaching the end of the slots they're rolling in, instead of slowly rolling less distance.

[@patmanrob]

Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@Cici900]

It looks like a circle but if you focus on one ball, they’re just moving back and forth at different times

[@kelvinpeters7385]

Congratulations. You just repeated the title of the video by using different words.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@patmanrob]

To you I give thanks.

[@Cici900]

@@kelvinpeters7385 To be honest I didn’t really read the title clicked the video😅

[@BerukCoqquete]

Leaving thus here for people 7 years from now before it gets millions of views

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@omnirath]

Could someone send this to steve mould in order for him to make a real version ? And amazing work thank !

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't exist. But if you want to make one here's an animation of the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@cosmicsage369]

Amazing! I would love something like this. Eight spheres. Eight straight lines. But sixteen "rays", reduces to seven. So much symbolism here.💜🙏

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@chilenitaprotrump]

I can't stop watching

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@JeffHogge-n1f]

That is absolutely the most incredible thing I've ever seen!

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@raulgomezpineda1775]

...like an amusement park ride...

[@patmanrob]

You're welcome.

[@toreole5831]

It looks like a circle because thats exactly what points on the circumference of a circle do when the conditions are right like this

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@SolverCyn-vx1kv]

It's just gorgeus

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@santhoshilla8416]

The mathematician in me is getting excited....

[@pupfriend]

How long have you two been together?

[@fakename6658]

Hahaha got 'em

[@santhoshilla8416]

@@pupfriend until the video ends.. 😜

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@algunoscuenticos]

Cool, maybe this can be made in real life with a very precise table rotating? 😄

[@whatanerd7628]

This comment made me want to injure myself...

[@patmanrob]

That would be cool! Thank you.

[@shanpsoldout]

You could also perform it with oscillating magnets underneath the table, so that the balls keep their momentum (feel free to drag me if I’m using the wrong words but you get what I mean)

[@evanb8495]

Release the balls simultaneously with a frame - you'd probably get one our two revolutions before they collide - depending on how the grooves are shaped? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@larbueno]

I thought it was a mechanically driven, gently wobbling table with camera and light(s) attached, giving the illusion it’s sitting still.

[@cheese4g]

A very happy National Hug A Plumber Day to everyone who had this video randomly show up in their recommended videos.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Nowitsfound]

Possibly the best invention in mankind's history

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't actually exist. If you want to make one Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@DanChickHolla]

Best in the game at posting videos of steel balls rolling in a straight line appearing to move in a circle

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@danielh3179]

They should show how the balls are initially positioned and set in motion.

[@patmanrob]

Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@kwitseo]

The wonders of physics and perception.

[@kwitseo]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin But the earth isn't flat tho.

[@kwitseo]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Why is it then that every celestial body is round yet the earth isn't? Show me a star that's coin shaped.

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

@@kwitseo Earth IS round and flat like a Pizza or a dinner plate. Its a Real simple concept that many can't mentally process. The Geocentric model is so damn easy to learn and comprehend and makes much more logical sense than this BS Heliocentric model that they teach. And the ONLuY evidence of a BALL earth is thru Government ran space agencies. They show you what they WANT you to see. But if you want to be a sheep and buy into their BS then go ahead, i don't have to and i won't and i dont care what the sheep think or say of me because i refuse to buy into their narrative. I will defend what i believe is true based on the God given senses i have been given over Corrupt Government indoctrination.

[@MichaelHill-sg8ks]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Dude, if you're on a plane, and you're smoking a cigarette, the smoke, more or less travels straight up, even though you're moving at a high speed, you and the smoke are moving at the same speed as the plane. We feel like we're stationary on a fast moving planet because we're moving at the same speed as the planet. I highly suggest you use your God given senses. It doesn't require any overly complicated explanation. If the world was flat, then there'd be an edge, and speaking as someone who's flown around the world, there isn't. It's a conspiracy, you might say? Then why is it I can converse with anyone I know at any time around the world, and it's a different time of day for them? If the sun was over a flat disc, there would be universal time across the world, but it isn't. Even the poet Dante in medieval times knew that.

[@7even_vfx]

​@@kwitseo😂👍

[@WiIdbiII]

I've slowed the video speed down and had the technicians in my brain analyze this... CONFIRMED.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@genghiskhan6809]

Give this a video a few years and it’ll blow up.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Nosweat99]

Open your mind to the possibilities

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@jeffpasch]

This is a very cool animation! I'm wondering if you could make this work in real life with magnets running on the underside of the board. That would (1) keep the balls perpetually moving and (2) keep them on track when they cross the middle point, which would need to be smooth (and hence the balls could get off their path). Maybe the whole thing would need to be bigger - i.e., more space between the balls - to ensure that each magnet only affects its associated ball. So, there you go, engineers - you have your challenge! I'd pay good money for a real-life working version of this!

[@patmanrob]

Here's the mechanism of which you type. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@mylw4387]

One loop takes almost exactly 5 seconds. If you press the forward 5 seconds button it's in the same place

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Futureistic_Cherry]

Thank you.

[@patmanrob]

You're welcome!

[@DannyLewis-g2l]

Hello. Does anyone know if this is Available for purchase? And if so from where?

[@patmanrob]

It's not for sale, it doesn't exist. It's CGI simulation. Thank you.

[@susanhonegger9987]

It looks fab, but cld you get it running as symmetrically as the animation above I wonder?

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@androidfarmer8863]

Them: here's an awesome motion illusion Me: the lack of a camera reflection is substantially distracting

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@BulletSpoung]

The camera is mounted to the wood and it's moving round and along with up and down slightly.

[@patmanrob]

Here's a hour kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp6ZamefbcyMo7s Thank you.

[@ericelginsr.232]

Looks like a alien made a clock disguised as a work of art 😅

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@582tird]

I want to see them started … more over how the tray was made.

[@patmanrob]

It's not real, but here's an animation of how it could work. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@majorhavoc9693]

I'm amazed at how few realize this is not CG. Critical thinking in this country is dead.

[@patmanrob]

The materials and environmental lighting are very good in Blender though. Thank you.

[@NatrollJM]

Get your eyes checked, this is CG.

[@hippiehillape]

I'm amazed you know what country KZbinrs are in.

[@alex.g7317]

Didn’t know you’d take it in that direction

[@alex.g7317]

I’m sure it’s cgi

[@danielschaeffer9879]

Cool animation

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@enricofriske1696]

When you concentrate on the center, the center appears to rotate

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Razumen]

Technically, if each ball was a point on the circle, then it would actually be a rotating circle, not just appear to be one.

[@patmanrob]

Like this animated simulation of a mechanism that would make it possible? kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@michaeldalbis4631]

Great screen-saver.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Lee-ry5ib]

Someone needs to add sound of rolling ball on wood to this so I can fall asleep to it. Please

[@patmanrob]

Turns out I'm no good at foley. Listen to this mess. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fojLln-va6Z3oNk Thank you.

[@bigdopamine9343]

It is still technically a rotating circle.

[@patmanrob]

Thank You.

[@LAWLESSKING]

Something about the illusion of time and space is to be gleaned from this....

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@MiyamotoMusashi-eu6qo]

Hey 10 years after me✋

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@jamesbrook16]

This on a par with tipping a picture of The Leaning Tower Of Pizza at an angle to make the tower vertical. Anyone with OCD look away now…

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@Titan52berg]

CGI... Otherwise, what keeps the balls in kinetic motion on a level plane?

[@patmanrob]

CGI and CGI Magnets Here's the mechanism kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@peterf46]

I stared at it like my dog stares at the tv 👍

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@earthculture9462]

2x speed is satisfying.

[@andrewpippa5590]

You're right just tried it!

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Different colours would should it up and still be beautiful

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@septopus3516]

You're basically watching a 2d frame in a higher dimension than 2d. It's not an illusion. You're all watching 2d animation in 3d at a single continuous frame in time = now. ... And inf we saw it in 4D our brains would explode instead.

[@patmanrob]

Thank You.

[@craigcooknf]

That was awesome

[@patmanrob]

Спасибо

[@brentdobson5264]

....Am finding this is registering as kinetic sacred geometry ....my left brain tends toward overload ....an my right brain is startled and awestruck ❤ !

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@theelectricpatriot973]

Very cool thank you

[@patmanrob]

Glad you liked it

[@kittybeck151]

Is this a perpetual motion device?

[@patmanrob]

no Here's the mechanism kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@WolfWood893]

This reminds me of how fair rides might work.

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@chefdan87]

I don't think its real, the wood would have to be wobbling in the same counter clockwise rotation to keep the balls rolling all the way out to the ends of the tracks. Unless there is a video on setting up the balls and showing how to start the process im going to have to think a computer rendered this. Still cool but its too perfect to believe its real.

[@patmanrob]

It's animated in Blender. It doesn't actually exist. If you want to make one Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@PigmentsofImagination]

So, I’m completely relaxed now

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@PigmentsofImagination]

@@patmanrob No sir, Thank You ✨

[@gizzykatkat9687]

So beautiful

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@BerukCoqquete]

Im here 7 years early

[@patmanrob]

Thank you in 2031

[@Stevenowski]

This is how to keep a government employee busy for 8 hours!🤗

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@wingcap1448]

I mean, they do make rotating circle.

[@patmanrob]

I Know! Isn't it good. Thank you.

[@wingcap1448]

@@patmanrob yeah, it's really cool! One rotation and one revolution have to take the same time then, right?

[@sriramireddygangireddy8597]

Very cool. Where can I buy this toy?

[@patmanrob]

You can't it's not real If you want to make one Here's the mechanism kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@AMEER-114-]

Wouldnt each ball have to be released one after the other in absolutely perfect increments of time or else there would be collision in the center?

[@patmanrob]

Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@macbookpro1232]

Wonderful

[@patmanrob]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@bojandimitrieskimilenkovic9226]

Ah, the earlier version...very nice 🙂

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@DannyLewis-g2l]

Hello. Is this available for Purchase and if so. Where from? Thanks for the help!

[@patmanrob]

It's not for sale, it doesn't exist. It's CGI simulation. Thank you.

[@非成龍]

I really wish I had seen this video in an era without CG.

[@patmanrob]

That wouldn't be possible. Thank you.

[@sukhothai89]

Endless energy!

[@patmanrob]

No friction simulated! Thank you.

[@jwalkinit]

It's an animation. What is the reflection on each of the balls?

[@patmanrob]

HDRI from polyhaven called brown studio. Thank you.

[@reynaldoflores4522]

How did you prevent the balls from colliding with each other ?

[@patmanrob]

Animation Thank You.

[@gavincurtis]

Couldn’t a motorized mechanism beneath a real wood grooved table with properly spaced magnets keep a set of steel balls in motion as a kinetic sculpture? Checking Temu…

[@justme...]

Impossible in real life, because with magnets the balls don't roll

[@patmanrob]

Yes, it could. Here's an animation of that mechanism. kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@patmanrob]

He's right. Here's an animation of that mechanism, kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.

[@jazzrat2000]

where can I get one? what is it called?

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't actually exist. If you want to make one Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@user-bl1eh2qs9o]

Very interesting! I assume the wooden table is wobbling?

[@patmanrob]

It's a simulation. It only exists as data.

[@kathrynmackay5659]

If you could manufacture this somehow, I would buy a lot of them. How zen is this?

[@JozMkII]

I bet it could be accomplished via a Raspberry Pi or similar device controlling magnets beneath the board

[@itoibo4208]

I would imagine it would have to be on a wobbling platform to work.

[@majorhavoc9693]

Entropy would cause it to degrade into chaos within 20 seconds.

[@yuumetal2363]

Why doesn't the swing width become smaller?

[@patmanrob]

It's an animation Thank You.

[@yuumetal2363]

@@patmanrob thank you!

[@PiefacePete46]

Graph the motion of each ball against time and you will have a sine wave... (I think).

[@patmanrob]

That's right Thank you.

[@marc-andrevoyer9973]

Then physics joined the chat

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@knobsdialsandbuttons]

It's mesmeric.....👀

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@knobsdialsandbuttons]

@@patmanrob You're welcome !

[@wordreet]

Ah, and I'm even subscribed the the Blender channel!!!! 😁

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@christinegerard4974]

Unbelievable !

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@bobhenry6159]

Who won?

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@jayendradani3572]

The best example of illusion 😅

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@1337_shibe]

Would it be remotely possible to replicate this in real life?

[@amazingfireboy1848]

Idk, but this was top comment on my screen 💀

[@omnirath]

I think it’s doable with well timed magnetic sliders, you would probably need an arduino/servos and probably a 3d printer to make something like that efficiently

[@omnirath]

I think it’s doable with well timed magnetic sliders, you would probably need an arduino/servos and probably a 3d printer to make something like that efficiently

[@mockturtlesuppe]

Not from a Jedi

[@anakides]

It wouldn’t be that hard. Just have a robot that raises up with a series of strings at different lengths with stoppers on the ends. You might even be able to do it with a steady hand.

[@seafox37tours]

Génial, je vais m'en faire un. un petit moteur, 8 aimants néodymes, deux roues dentées avec le même nombre de dents (l'une, portant les 8 aimants, tournant dans l'autre) et un plateau fin portant les chemin des billes (deux fois le diametre du cercle d'aimants). Merci. par contre c'est super les commentaires de tous qui n'y comprennent rien. LOL.

[@patmanrob]

Veuillez partager une vidéo de celui-ci lorsque vous l'aurez réalisé. Ce serait incroyable de voir cette simulation dans la vraie vie. Merci beaucoup.

[@seafox37tours]

@@patmanrob Youpi ça marche, ça a été beaucoup plus compliqué que prévu, un tour du porte-aimants pour un tour à l'envers sur lui même. 6 versions différentes avant de déjouer tous les pièges des engrenages. Dans ma version, il faut une couronne d'engrenage externe, un engrenage central entrainé par le moteur, une roue d'engrenage qui fait la liaison entre le pignon moteur et la couronne, une bride attelée sur le pignon et la roue de liaison qui fait le mouvement circulaire du porte-aimants autour de l'axe central. Ensuite, fixé sur la bride, une double roue dentée qui s'engraine sur la couronne, qui transmet le mouvement à une autre double roue dentée c'est deux jeux permettant de faire deux tours dans le même sens pour un tour genéral (il faut un tour pour annuler celui du tour général, et un deuxième pour créer le mouvement des billes que l'on voit, avec un seul tour, les billes restent fixes et sautent au dessus de leur rainures). Enfin un dernier engrenage sur l'axe du porte aimant, inverse le sens de rotation et permet de positionner le porte-aimants sur le bon cercle de rotation. J'ai trouvé cet exercice passionnant, par contre je n'ai pas de chaine KZbin et je ne sais pas comment vous passer une vidéo...

[@alexla_grange8957]

Как это ни удивительно, но канавку ни один не меняет))

[@patmanrob]

Спасибо.

[@juanpablocoronel9720]

Por favor, un video de como inicia el movimiento.

[@patmanrob]

No existe. Pero si quieres hacer uno aquí tienes una animación del mecanismo que lo haría posible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Gracias.

[@thomasclarke8220]

Oh wow man...far out!

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@bromixsr]

I have one problem with this, it's not long enough

[@patmanrob]

Here's an Hour kzbin.info/www/bejne/rp6ZamefbcyMo7s Thank you.

[@zkeletonz001]

I was going to ask what kind of wood that is until I saw from the other comments it was simulated and now I feel stupid. lol Me usually good at notice that.

[@nwicconsultants6640]

Don't be too hard on yourself....I only say this to make myself (and the other 325,242 people) feel a little bit better about ourselves for also falling for the CGI! lol😁😁

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

I thought it was real also lol

[@jevinday]

Ahh, got me too. I sat there watching it with great intent for a couple minutes and it made me feel a feeling I've never really felt before. It felt too weird to be happening in the real world

[@RichieD_21]

Are you most definitely NOT good at noticing that if you thought even for a second that this video is real because it is an obvious fake. I'll admit there are some videos these days where it is extremely hard to tell, but this video is not one of them!

[@Seventeen_Seconds]

@@RichieD_21 shut up you div I don't look at this kind of stuff very often so wouldn't know within the first few seconds weather it's real or not, especially being really well rendered. Stop trying to make feel bad.

[@Pgr-pt5ep]

CV joint when explaining to a flat-earther

[@patmanrob]

Thank you.

[@jamesranger1579]

Where can I get one

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't exist but here's an animated simulation of a mechanism that would make it possible if you want to make one. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@norbis3939]

I'm assuming this is computer animation but it would be really cool if somebody built this IRL with magnets

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't actually exist. If you want to make one Here's the mechanism that would make it possible. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l5C4dH6phtd-Z5Y Thank you.

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

But they are NOT moving in a circle ....

[@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044]

Keep ones finger following one and that's obvious

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

@@charlesburgoyne-probyn6044 we have a lot of sheep in this world .... We have a lot of idiots in this world ... Biden is President so that is an obvious statement.

[@catsrgoodpeople2]

They move in a straight line, back and forth.

[@ACommenterOnYouTube]

@@catsrgoodpeople2 Did you not read my 1st comment ???

[@catsrgoodpeople2]

@@ACommenterOnKZbin Nope. Too busy being mesmerized. 😵‍💫

[@its_not_ochir]

лучшее что я видел сегодня)

[@patmanrob]

Спасибо

[@goodwinphotoartgiclee9514]

God made it, just like everything else.

[@patmanrob]

I made it. Thank you.

[@goodwinphotoartgiclee9514]

@@patmanrob Thanks for contacting me God. Seriously, it is an object of beautiful magnificence, congratualtions. You must market it and if it is not patented, then patent the concept quickly.

[@muricanhero2458]

So what is this called and how do I get one

[@patmanrob]

It doesn't exist. It's an animation. Thank you

[@anthonyjones7720]

I want one

[@patmanrob]

It's not real but if you want to make one Here's the mechanism kzbin.info/www/bejne/pGa2hHeNqMuoidE Thank you.