Engineering with Origami

Origami is inspiring a plethora of new engineering designs. Try yourself: ve42.co/Origami
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Huge thanks to:
Dr. Robert Lang langorigami.com
Prof. Larry Howell www.compliantmechanisms.byu.edu/
On first glance it's surprising that origami -- a centuries old art of folding paper to achieve particular aesthetics -- is applicable to engineering. But upon closer consideration there are a lot of reasons methods developed for paper folding are also applicable to engineering: origami allows you to take a flat sheet of material and convert it to almost any shape only by folding. Plus for large flat structures, origami provides a way of shrinking dimensions while ensuring simply deployment - this is particularly useful for solar arrays in space applications. Furthermore, motions designed to take advantage of the flexibility of paper can also be used to form compliant mechanisms for engineering like the kaleidocycle. Since the principles of origami are scalable, mechanisms can also be dramatically miniaturized.
Some of the work shown is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation and the Air Force Office of Scientific Research under Grant No. EFRI-ODISSEI-1240417. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
Special thanks to Patreon supporters:
Alfred Wallace, Arjun Chakroborty, Bryan Baker, Chris Vargas, Chuck Lauer Vose, DALE HORNE, Donal Botkin, halyoav, James Knight, Jasper Xin, Joar Wandborg, Kevin Beavers, kkm, Leah Howard, Lyvann Ferrusca, Michael Krugman, Noel Braganza, Pindex, Ron Neal, Sam Lutfi, Stan Presolski, Tige Thorman
Edited by
Jonny Hyman, Isaac Frame, and Derek Muller
Music by
Jonny Hyman

[@Smonserratm]

"I made an origami cactus" "What did it cost?" "Everything"

[@herrpauk]

Everything?

[@JAKOB1977]

@@herrpauk He is a water snake, they live 7 years... so yeah everything aka "lifetime"

[@IzzyMartinez01]

@@herrpauk 7 years 😂😂

[@jakepearson7403]

😂his hands were literally shaking😂

[@davidadams2395]

@@JAKOB1977 Water snake?

[@ln5321]

"I made this cactus from one sheet of paper in 7 years." "Hm." "This design saved a freight company millions of dollars." "Hm." "Look at this violin guy wiggle his arm." "Fantastic!"

[@acranox777]

🤦‍♂️😂😂😂

[@garrytalaroc]

Sounds bs

[@excalibirb9204]

X Factor in a nutshell

[@CuriousTinkering]

Exactly what I thought about his reaction! 😂

[@TankYou90]

Hm

[@rajatyadav1952]

Watching this just reminds me, how many really smart people doing their thing without even us being aware........

[@JohnDoe-xx7kc]

it's media's fault. I want these things in my recommendations and explore tab but popular media and yt keep shoving things like the Kardashians to my face

[@milanshsharma1267]

@@JohnDoe-xx7kc media shows what ppl want to see

[@dazzlemasseur]

Remember all you people you called "nerds" in school? Well guess what ?

[@devforfun5618]

@@milanshsharma1267 not really, they show people what brings profit for anyone that is willing to pay, if any of those companies made origami designs for the general market instead of niche markets everyone one would know about it, because they would pay media to show it

[@boltonwood883]

@@devforfun5618 Very true. Competitive laser tag (Space Marines 5) is wayyyyyy more exciting than football, but not many people watch it so no one sponsors it, so no one sees it.

[@F4TA1_3RR0R]

I'm just imagining that one day I'll be able to, in a fit of rage, unfold someone's entire house.

[@physicslover4951]

Imagine you are a teenager and your mom is mad so she just folds up your mobile and comics 😂

[@huzaimahjulai7383]

A teenager just wants the mom to come into the otherwise can't-you-see-it-says-strictly-no-entry room to help fold the impossible fitted bedsheet

[@madkirk7431]

Oh wow lol

[@joshyoung1440]

You're describing what's called a "tent." 😂

[@joshyoung1440]

.@@huzaimahjulai7383 such a teenager deserves and needs to learn how to get that fitted sheet on by themselves so they're not totally fucked when they need their own place to look nice.

[@perrywoodman7544]

I've never wanted to touch a cactus more.

[@ethanmoore1315]

It's like a normal cactus but with papercuts too.

[@TheGreatSteve]

Paige no!

[@alphaadhito]

It'll quench ya..

[@drywater3559]

no touchy no touchy

[@jamesflanagan6977]

@@alphaadhito It's the quenchiest

[@Bigfoot_With_Internet_Access]

Y'all ever just like... Spend 7 years making an origami cactus

[@hsvr]

Internet Relics why

[@dddmemaybe]

pretty sure most of that time was spent developing and researching to have the design succeed as an off-job he would do whenever. He didn't literally take 7 years he just never got around to finishing it quickly do to the difficulty, making the challenge inconsistently tackled as is reasonable.

[@roderik1990]

Those 7 years were probably working on it off and on, while doing other stuff and projects also.

[@ChinnuWoW]

That sounds soooooo boring lol

[@jhyland87]

Wait... you're telling me you _don't?_ Weirdo...

[@SiddheshBagade]

In Derek's defense, he's replying in "hmm's" out of pure astonishment. He's beyond astonished in his mind that he has no room left to make a nice reply.

[@gladdy260]

That smallest origami bird you guys showed , i haven't been more amazed in my last 10 years.

[@nkszs]

bro what happened 10 years ago

[@nu1x]

Trust me, it's there.

[@quidquopro1185]

"In all my 10 years, never have seen such pestilence, such disregard, such decay!"

[@theweirdo6695]

1900: you can make a dinosaur with origami 2050: your whole house is origami and comes in a box

[@gregorygrigoriadis]

With the box beimg the size of a small laptop

[@IRMentat]

25,000 subscribers 10 Videos now imagine car and plane designs based on such concepts. Your garage is an envelope with a box you can hot-swap an engine between. Even better if we figure out ultra efficient electric motors as they will scale up/down enormously. Maybe not ideal for heavy use, but the daily commute/shop/school run? Most definitely.

[@whitewave6269]

I think I saw a design for a portable origami style house online years ago. Don't remember if it was just a concept or for $ale. 🌊

[@badrecords-6476]

2120: Origami Spaceship can now travel in light speed

[@rodri_gl]

...and it can crush you and your family with a button, so of course in response to that by 2060 we are all origami.

[@ashurean]

"You can't make a compliant mechanism that rotates 360 degrees" "Unfortunately, no one told the paper folders that" *Edit: I just find it really interesting how origami was basically a study of algebraic topology before that was even a concept, constructing complex shapes out of a contiguous plane. Origami is just one of those areas where, because the right material (paper) was available, people were able to skip all the other steps of development and just go straight to the end state.

[@joshbrock2663]

*looks at ball bearings

[@pixelmace1423]

Well then how about MY FRIENDS NECK!

[@michaelwalsh6276]

@@pixelmace1423 *snap*

[@EvitoCruor]

The best bearing is one where there is No contact. Air pressure can act as a bearing too. Won't work for vacuum however.

[@timonschneider6290]

@@joshbrock2663 Ball bearings have no compliant solid state materials. They are gears.

[@tphan715]

This way was a way cooler video than I thought it would be. Went into it thinking, ok some neat solar arrays and stuff, came out being absolutely mind-blown at just how impossibly practical some of these applications are. All with a bit of folding and a bunch of math. I really think this is one of those videos that you should re-title and thumbnail

[@sohamacharya171]

Him: you wont use a microscopic flapping bird for anything Me: my goals are beyond your understanding *proceeds to make miniature irl flappy bird

[@nu1x]

Fly my little spies, fly !

[@GauravGRocks]

Guy: I made an origami human Veritasium: hmm

[@Gooberpatrol66]

Pygmalion

[@cranknlesdesires]

Veritasium: Wait is his playing a violin? WHOA!

[@ishworshrestha3559]

Hmm

[@ahtzee9078]

Guy: “Nice day today.” Veritasium: “hmm.”

[@indigofenrir7236]

Michael: But what is... a "nice day"?

[@varunjaihind3904]

My jaw dropped when he said that it was from a single piece of paper and it dropped further when he said that he spent 7 years. Anddd I was blown away when Veritasium said Hmmm.

[@ThePiones]

@@varunjaihind3904 Me too. He says so much hum now

[@fundemort]

Not "hmm" but more like "hegh"

[@m.c.v.a.8586]

varun jaihind he said “WOW" after Robert told him it took him 7 years

[@km4933]

子どもの頃なんとなく折り紙で遊んできた。 大人になり日本の折り紙の技術はすごいと気づいた。 今も突き詰めて、凄い物を作ってる人はいる。 日本ではおそらく応用する人がいなかった、知らないだけでいるかもしれないけど。 海外の方が日本の折り紙に着目してこんな形で応用して発展させるとは。 折り紙の可能性を感じた。

[@CHITUS]

Robert Lang absolutely blew me away. His brevity was intense. This guy should be teaching, teaching anything. I never had any high school teacher or university professor even half as engaging as this guy. Just amazing

[@Tofumang]

Is no one going to talk about how absolutely mind-blowing the cactus origami is

[@mr2octavio]

Well anything that takes 7 years of conscious effort would look mind-blowing

[@simontay4851]

Yeah, thats incredible! My mind was blown when he said 7 YEARS! I was thinking weeks or months.

[@mr2octavio]

@@simontay4851 Yeah I was all impressed but thinking, okay here comes the "How long did it take"

[@SobelTomas]

7 years!

[@NoOne-ef7yu]

I find origami that changes (as seen at 2:45, 8:12, and most importantly 8:32) much more interesting. Although I also *really*, **really** have to admire the dedication, dexterity and endurance that went to create the cactus. Its just... from a personal perspective, the cactus just seem to be a remarkable achievement, whereas the mechanism hint at so much more possibilities of what could be done! Also, I will not hesitate to use this user name for as many bad puns as possible. :-)

[@tafellappen8551]

“7 years” as he puts it back in its box

[@michaelzheng3129]

Gotta protect it

[@jesusmejia1334]

He bought it that was amazon tape.

[@marcochavez9381]

@@jesusmejia1334 ahem.. You mean flex tape right?

[@fylbrom]

Waste of time

[@jomertomale]

@@fylbrom You can now say all of art is a waste of time

[@lasercatto]

As an origamist wanting to be an engineer when I grow up, I appreciate this

[@pandabear8862]

I learned how to do a crane today, on the road to that engineering PHD

[@lasercatto]

@@pandabear8862 Cool. JeremyShaferOrigami has some great tutorials, if you want to check him out

[@mameemia]

Wow hope ur progressing

[@baldiesss]

as a 15 year old artist that loves architect and engineering this is really fascinating

[@nosrac95]

Architecture

[@Aaron-ru6ld]

@@nosrac95 He didnt say he enjoyed english now did he?

[@user-xx6pr1te7q]

@@nosrac95 I love an architect too

[@phoenix_am3400]

This is how I imagine the future; simple but complex.

[@Rainbow_Sword]

Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication

[@bilibiliism]

Its harder to do more with less.

[@lilyusi]

or simply complex

[@Gooberpatrol66]

simplex

[@humblesoldier5474]

That is Origami.

[@juffmou1]

Talk about smart people on earth. It is so pleasing and satisfying to watch. Thank you, I am so sharing it.

[@origaminoob1037]

You should check out my first 2 videos

[@ahnrho]

Yeah, it's absolutely hypnotic. Watching an origami structure collapse into itself is, to our eyes, what a soft whispery ASMR is to the ears.

[@kanmedlife2494]

I'm happy I found this channel in Quarantine

[@leocorral]

Where else would they be?

[@origaminoob1037]

@@ahnrho search up Origami flasher Big Bang by Jeremy Shafer

[@569times9]

I really like it when two things so different collide to create something useful

[@user-go9de1xo6m]

小さい頃は何気なく遊んでいた折り紙、大人になって改めて考えてみると紙一枚でさまざまなものを表現出来るってすごいことですね

[@taran2910]

When you want to be a artist but your parents want you to be an engineer

[@coole9639]

underrated comment

[@ralexcraft990]

Why not both

[@ralexcraft990]

@Ash The Bird ITS CALLED A JOKE

[@Sunny-Gupta1]

@@whannabi correct

[@giygas9305]

Hakk

[@user-dm8nn5rt2u]

I’m Japanese and I don’t know how useful my culture origami is abroad. So I’m glad that it is introduced in this video.

[@tanvirfarhan5585]

bro Japanese people are legend love from Bangladesh

[@aeebeecee3737]

Thanks for culture contribution to the university

[@davidacosta193]

I really like that infinity colored foldy thingy 16:03

[@stephenbaker6534]

One of the most interesting videos on your channel dude. Such a basic thing folding is but look at how it unlocks so much.

[@agentg5233]

I went into surgery using the Da Vinci device for my kidneys about 6 months ago and where I would’ve had a long cut from my stomach all the way to the back of my kidney, I know have 3 tiny incisions on my stomach. It is barely noticeable and I’m glad these types of surgeries and robots are improving!

[@pocarisweet8336]

Bet they're expensive.

[@shivacruz6557]

How much did you pay?

[@agentg5233]

Shiva Cruz roughly $6000

[@agentg5233]

DavyJones yea, they are pretty expensive

[@shotor9828]

“We were working with the people who did the DaVinci surgical robot...” angry Michael reeves noises

[@Hyuzuka]

4:46 "Those are actually bullets that have been stopped by origami" - "hm."

[@MadhuAkash]

Its actually old at this point I think 5years or 6

[@fiNitEarth]

It's almost comedic xdddd

[@iseewhitefox2320]

666likes hmmm

[@korwl540]

i love dealing with abstraction. it's a wonderful, beautiful thing when someone can explain so cogently the bridge between the abstraction and the real.

[@mitchellchermak8071]

Wow! I think this may be the most fascinating video I've seen on your channel. There is so much complex math and engineering going on here. It's really difficult to visualize the motion/folding of structures like this, and it amazes me how people are able to figure it out. The applications of this work are awesome as well. Thanks for sharing!

[@feraltrafficcone4483]

“This could save a company multiple millions of dollars a year on diesel” is pretty revolutionary... and yet Veritasium only says “hmmm!”

[@HansLemurson]

To be fair, his mind was already blown years ago.

[@carlosandleon]

because the percentage matters too

[@azice6034]

How exactly is the origami version better than a regular version?

[@Yawhatnever]

​@@azice6034 You don't know in advance how the engines will be coupled together, so an engine with a nose cone on one haul might be connected backwards and sandwiched between two other engines in the next haul. Attaching and detaching a heavy metal nose cone would require heavy lifting machinery and additional coupling time and effort for every job. That's without considering that you need storage space at every rail yard to hold nose cones, as well as a complicated computer logistics system that makes sure every yard has nose cones stocked. There might be an asymmetrical count of arriving/departing trains, or maybe one day the station receives one long train with many engines and one nose cone, but dispatches two short trains each with fewer engines but two nose cones. It quickly explodes into a complicated juggling problem. It's much less complicated to attach a folding cone to all (or enough of) the engines in your network and leave it there, simply extending or retracting it as required by the train configuration.

[@michealbay1290]

Any dishwasher who says *MODERN ENGINEERING* has no rudimentary knowledge about any specific Branch of engineering. This origami thing would specifically apply to materials science, mechatronic and electrical mostly So Dumb

[@tarunkashyap8515]

Owen Wilson : "WOW" Veritasium : Hold my "Hmmph"

[@zes3813]

wrg, say any nmw s ok

[@charleswhite3553]

@@zes3813 how to answer in millennial

[@Z3R0F1V3]

underrated?

[@gabiballetje]

The last few years we've also seen many of those flip up and fold out story books with huge hbuildings and numerous animals inside that sometimes also have tabs to move or animate them and more simple stuff as well. It's pretty awesome how much you can get done that way, but man is it difficult to come up with often. They're pretty intense long lasting projects often.

[@safran4588]

I could listen all day long to people like Mr. Lang that are so enthusiastic about a subject and can explain complex things so well.

[@Kriojenic]

You're telling me my obsession with origami as a kid wasn't all for nothing

[@Palladiumavoid]

Im still obsessed

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@Palladiumavoid Wasnt there an Anime about this Concept? 1 with a Great Start and a Laughably Bad Ending?

[@SinHurr]

No obsession is for nothing if you apply yourself properly.

[@siidthe007]

Very true my father used to teach me origami when I was a child, and now I feel why he loved it, he was a mining engineering and he used to make paper models for his colleagues to show mines and different forms of stones.I am so happy I still love this art.

[@izzuddinmnasir4884]

Its still nothing if you never find it useful

[@storyspren]

The expert: kaleidocycle Me, an intellectual: hexaflexagon

[@AbhayKumar-cm2kh]

Underrated comment...

[@2du2]

Yeet Vi Hart!

[@BillPickle]

I noticed the hexaflexagon before I noticed the hmmms

[@boltstrikes429]

oh yes justice for trihexaflexagon

[@juliabigelow1598]

Storyspren yessssssss

[@Whombulance]

I met and got to hear from one of the professors who works on this my freshman year. The message: incorporate every kind of information into what you do and that innovation will give great success.

[@eshansharma9458]

I am impressed by the guy(s) who folded these. such a precision and praiseworthy patience.

[@MhxAir]

Scientist/Engineer: **Intelligent demonstration** Veritasium: **Minecraft Villager noises**

[@charleswhite3553]

xbox grunts

[@Mezuzah87]

Yeah, he's kind of a dunce.

[@WingofTech]

He's doing it for us. It wouldn't be as accessible if it weren't for these essential questions he asks. ;P

[@Mezuzah87]

@@WingofTech that's a loooot of credit you're giving him lol.

[@WingofTech]

@@Mezuzah87 I mean what are his credentials? He's not a big channel for no reason. He knows what's good.

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

I envy clever people who found their path. They sure offered the humanity something

[@pamelaangela7622]

I envy clever people who found their path. They sure offered the humanity something

[@michaelg8841]

I envy clever people who found their path. They sure offered the humanity something

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

Why is my comment being reposted?

[@SiddheshBagade]

I envy clever people who found their path. They sure offered the humanity something - Alsadek Alkhayer, 2020. . P.S.: your comment is being reposted because it sounds like a proverb some great guy once said.

[@alsadekalkhayer7007]

@@SiddheshBagade wow, now I'm flattered, thanks Seddhesh Bagade! ☺️🙏🏻

[@drcubix]

Man.. thank you! Really. We would have never known this stuff without your channel.

[@AnshulGuptaAG]

Samsung Fold engineers: 'Write that down, write that down!'

[@Magic_Mann]

Thats funny

[@MA-bi2ko]

That is indeed funny

[@asiansupport630]

A korean company like samsung would not stoop so low as to adopt japanese tradition and tech. Korea and Japan tend not to collaborate. It would be a very awkward situation for them politically to use origami. They have known about this for a long time. Which is a real shame, pride is not as important as progress.

[@MA-bi2ko]

@@asiansupport630 dude chill, it's a joke

[@alephbunchofnumbers]

@@TheKing-hr7uh didnt it sell out, despite the technical issues?

[@wealthiness]

* Veritusium looks out window & sees the apocalypse happening * "hmmm"

[@poopideeshroop2732]

@@johannesstaats9698 no

[@joeynavarro6762]

This aged well

[@CarnivorousPlantsAndGardening]

*little paper man playing violin* "Fantastic!"

[@DafterHindi]

@@joeynavarro6762 *really nicely*

[@webentwicklungmitrobinspan6935]

hmmm.

[@TexusNoe365247]

I've spent well over half my life doing origami.... now I'm studying electrical engineering... possibly switching to mechatronics (combination of electrical and mechanical engineering). I hope to use origami well into the future.

[@smallstudiodesign]

I love how ancient traditions become relevant in the present and future ‼️✨💖✨

[@crustyoldfart]

I graduated in mechanical engineering over 60 years ago from a good school. This origami stuff makes me feel like a Neandertaler. Amazing stuff !

[@aronious291]

Go back to school to learn all the new stuff! Or just sit in the classes. Ask the professor before hand, theyre usually really cool about it.

[@JBulsa]

Neandler never existed

[@slevinchannel7589]

@@aronious291 My i randomly recommend some more Science-Channels?

[@Altair2786]

@@slevinchannel7589 yes please

[@dremr2038]

@@aronious291 no school is teaching that. All they are teaching is theory, even in engineering xD

[@easytomove]

Me : *doing art to escape from math Dr. Robert : origami is a math Me : *oh crap

[@karaqakkzl]

asians: *Reorado Dikapurio fesu*

[@prithishs4186]

Hahaha Math is omnipresent. Btw I'm surprised that a art major is watching Veritasium.

[@oldschoolman1444]

Math is universal, it's the key to everything.

[@lilyaholmes109]

@@prithishs4186 Yt recommendation are pretty random sometimes

[@juliachristinaheikamp246]

I make art because of math, so I can be united with it. And I started with origami because of geometry, which is a major element of my work. I love math, but I have mild discalculia, meaning, I am "dyslexic" with calculating numbers. I can't calculate in my head, I always need paper or objects. But I am good in understanding the stuff around it, and I have very good spatial recognition. When you are much into music, you also have a natural grip on math, in fact, everything is math.

[@masterblaster7782]

7:00 the writings on the bridge are so wholesome

[@bcantero89]

Love all your shows. Will start showing these videos to my 8th grade students. Thank you. Congratulations for exceeding expectations

[@Ricky-cn2io]

Veritasium hits 10 Million subs. Veritasium: "hmm."

[@bulldozer8950]

“So I heard you have another origami invention” “Well yes I made plans to fold a working computer out of a piece of paper. It doesn’t have any internal memory yet though...” “Hmm”

[@coyotedomino]

That’s actually an interesting thought. How could one make logic gates out of origami...

[@andymcl92]

@@coyotedomino in a sense, those pincers were an and gate. You need to move both sides for them to pinch, or else the whole thing would just move aside. If you used a physical barrier to prevent it from turning, you could make it an or gate where pushing either side would work.

[@Vikesh7896]

A key board mechanism could be easily made via origami engineering, laptop hinges might under go an origami revolution too.

[@Dreamheartcat]

I love doing origami. I did them just from books I found with less than helpful diagrams. People were impressed by that, but I have never designed my own. Now those people are impressive!

[@RSLT]

Love it! I wish I had seen this sooner. Very interesting!!! Thanks, Derek, for publishing very unique videos.

[@columbus8myhw]

Small Japanese lesson: Paper = kami (becomes "gami" in compounds) To fold = oru (becomes "ori" in compounds) To cut = kiru (becomes "kiri" in compounds) Paper folding = oru+kami = origami Less well-known but also interesting: Paper cutting = kiru+kami = kirigami (Kirigami is kind of like a subset of origami 'cause there's still a big emphasis on folding) EDIT: Kirigami is basically what's used in popup books

[@celinak5062]

+

[@DrewLSsix]

Ah... now I see how shinigami comes from kami (god).

[@invluo3219]

@@DrewLSsix gami in shinigami is 神 (god) gami in origami is 紙 (paper) unrelated

[@kamil118]

What's all this hair talk?

[@oldcowbb]

@@invluo3219 a lot of anime use this for their pun name

[@ornessarhithfaeron3576]

Him: A caleidocycle Me, an intellectual: hexaflexagon

[@StuartHector]

Hexaflexagon is the 2D version

[@smellyeggs8435]

@@StuartHector r/wooosh

[@meghanstrudwick4100]

me, channelling big brain energy: *rInG oF rOtAtInG rHoMbIc TeTrAhEdRa*

[@NotFine]

@@meghanstrudwick4100 absolutely big brain

[@damncat2793]

@@smellyeggs8435 no

[@ridwansetiadi8393]

Now that is some serious material engineering ! I think I'm interested in the origami algorithm ^^ Civil Engineering, for instance, as far as I know, avoids folding material because it makes the material locally easier to fail at that fold, especially steel. But, there is a several way to increase stiffness by adding some fold or a thick "bump" in a such way, so it increases the sectional inertia. Cool cool, great work ! Great video !

[@huzaimahjulai7383]

Civil engineering? Oh man, the stress! Stresses everywhere, any which way you go!

[@ashn7146]

I'm glad there are people in the world this talented and smart. I can't imagine being able to do anything in this video

[@user-uq8nl7mt6r]

"There are only a handfull of paterns in japan, maybe 100, 200 total" How big are this guys hands??

[@richielavey1565]

F maybe they’re microscopic designs lol

[@patrick1532]

I mean Idk how small your hands are but I can certainly fit 200 sheets of paper in my hand

[@user-uq8nl7mt6r]

@@patrick1532 you know he talked about 1x1m papers right?

[@ViratKohli-jj3wj]

@@user-uq8nl7mt6r woooosh

[@smellyeggs8435]

@@user-uq8nl7mt6r r/woosh

[@azlhiacneg]

YOU'VE MET ROBERT LANG?!

[@veritasium]

hahaha he lives not far from my house...

[@mr2octavio]

@@veritasium HE LIVES *NOT FAR* FROM YOUR HOUSE?

[@simontay4851]

But how far is "not far"? Not far can be an hours drive or more in the US.

[@2inthemorning]

I met him once 5 years ago at a small origami convention in Ohio. It was really, really cool.

[@logitech4873]

@@user-ep1hp7vj6p 100 what?

[@micah2936]

This is so inspiring. Now I know to study origami techniques to make my projects more compact.

[@carrickrichards2457]

Beautiful, relevant and even essential for a grasp of the future. Well presented and nice work. Thank you.

[@bulantujuh]

12:22 also i adore when professionals are actually able to explain something in such simple terms! thanks so much! :D

[@Benzy670]

nuazka - that’s how you know someone is truly knowledgeable about something.

[@_PhoenixFlare_]

Someone says a profound mechanical innovation: Veritasium: Mmm

[@enricobianchi4499]

hm!

[@gracefool]

"Millions of dollars a year!" Veritasium: Mmm

[@enricobianchi4499]

@@gracefool wait a minute are you the same gracefool that moderates the xisumavoid server or is it just an insane coincidence?

[@eval_is_evil]

"Dude i slept with your wife" Veritasium: Mmm

[@DrSardonicus]

Mmm

[@roadshowautosports]

This was awesome! Knowing that mathematics can define seams in an origami, never thought of it. Always admired the visual end result of it but, talk about thinking INSIDE THE BOX!!!!

[@tigre3droyce771]

I love Lang's insect origami book. I lost days making some of the models. All worth it.

[@gamemeister27]

Robert Lang has been one of my favorite academics, ever, since when I first heard about his landmark achievements and saw the origami they could produce. It's as beautiful as mathematics gets in a non mathematical appearance. It reminds me of how generalizing juggling patterns into mathematical theory revealed new patterns that were unknown to jugglers at the time.

[@SavageDragon999]

Scientist: *says something interesting and revolutionary* Veritasium: Huh

[@juliocamacho8354]

That violinist tho

[@revolvency]

Heh, huh

[@jesaljoseph9612]

The technology becomes beautiful when several branches of human creativity comes together.

[@marascaartes8021]

Que maravilhoso ver um vídeo onde revela a minha antiga paixão pelo origami, sempre q posso tento desenvolver algum tipo de dobradura não desisto nunca😊👍

[@sebione3576]

This is like magic to me. I can't even fold my underwear to be able to fit in my dresser drawer.

[@simontay4851]

Why do you even bother. I just stuff my underwear in the drawer unfolded. Doesn't matter because its small. I can understand folding larger items of clothing such as t-shirts and jeans because they take up more space.

[@Gribbo9999]

No problem. Just wear the same underwear for a couple of weeks and then you can stand it up. No need to fold.

[@keahibailey2646]

Why do you wear underwear? Just go commando

[@dddmemaybe]

@@keahibailey2646 bruh you're an genus, congratulashawns

[@Syncromatic]

I find the “army roll” works great for boxers. Really it’s great for any “tubular” piece of clothes. Heck i even use it to fold tote bags. Give it a try it can be quite relaxing to fold things :)

[@anon7326]

Those folding patterns remind me of protein structures. I wonder if any of these concepts have been applied to organic chemistry.

[@mimiwimi7917]

Anonymous?

[@joshuatdlr]

Yes! Look into the work of Erik Demaine.

[@user-yb5cn3np5q]

Yes, for billion years. Search for "atp synthase gif".

[@ericdufrane2344]

Heck ya

[@coolfer2]

@@ericdufrane2344 Yup, life is in a way, replicating itself using origami. DNA is sort of the crease pattern.

[@its_Asad7]

Your origami is next level

[@joyceboudwin826]

I referred to your video in my homeschool co- op class today. The 10 to 12 year olds were glued to my every word when I jumped from folding a cup to talking about unfolding a solar panel in outer space.

[@IRunOnE85]

Something: is compliant Veritasium: TARGET LOCATED

[@lolbosss]

*how paint dries*

[@diegosanchez894]

Now we just have to create a folding pipe that allows laminar flow and destin and derek will both be all over it.

[@shinikim4207]

伝統文化がこんな風に最新技術として応用されるのは素敵な事だと思う。

[@nicolausteslaus]

Poruno with a schooroogirsu watching desu?

[@felixling8976]

I agree.

[@eitarokonishishepherd253]

本当にそう思う

[@serhiylashkov1415]

It's just an incredible combination of art and science. These guys're geniuses!

[@Meowrose3]

I saw a show of Lang’s work at an art museum in Appleton, WI years ago. It was mind boggling and crazy to see 2-d turned to 3-d. 👏👏👏

[@sigurd1321]

Paper is not 2D.

[@brianevans4]

So many satisfying clips in this video!

[@veritasium]

I thought so!

[@bigman489]

Veritasium Great video as usual!

[@keahibailey2646]

@@veritasium dude, I want a heart.

[@finesse5820]

@@keahibailey2646 if you ask for it, you ain't gonna get it bud

[@keahibailey2646]

@Alexander Supertramp Working on it

[@user-ui3fh3ox1x]

0:30 can we just take a moment to apreciate whoever made this animation

[@ruihe9639]

This is very interesting and as an armature origami lover, I use origami as an encryption device, only by certain pattern of unfolding can the origami be dissembled to reveal its content, or through certain deformation the message will appear in a correct way. This is a physical representation of uneven encryption.

[@manumusicmist]

And I can't make anything other than the paper airplane :(

[@origamiorange4539]

Being an origamist myself, I find it amazing that origami is becoming so useful in the real world. Robert Lang is amazing I actually took his class at an origami convention and saw the cactus. One of my friends actually made the cactus!

[@Hotbusterer]

How long did it take your friend to complete the cactus?

[@bleh8789]

Yeah how long does the cactus take

[@origamiorange4539]

Maks Mamla took him 20-30 hours but he still has 5-10 hours left of shaping. Very labor intensive process

[@bleh8789]

@@origamiorange4539 that's wild, I wish him luck

[@lukelayton1028]

7 years likely included the design processes and iterations

[@markjgaletti57]

ME: all excited about trying origami Brain: did he say math

[@9308323]

Math is fun.

[@soulextracter]

@@9308323 Not when you don't know it!

[@drillerdev4624]

I'd suggest Creative Origami by Kunihiko Kasahara as a good classic starter book that gives you enough base to start exploring on your own. He sometimes breaks some rules (like ussing scissors, triangles, or glue), but it was a great stepping stone for me as a folder back in the day.

[@9308323]

​@@soulextracter That goes basically for everything.

[@goblin0887]

This is insane. There must be so many other promising fields which have uses in such areas but are neglected due to them just not being well known.

[@Sonicgott]

It’s like art and science were separated at birth.

[@k.o.dentertainment743]

Yeah, but they complete each other!!

[@vgman94]

Both are expressions of reality. Art expresses the imagination. What could be. Science tries to make what is imagined into a present reality. What will, is, or should be.

[@kaitokobayashi6394]

@@vgman94 which means the use of imagination to fuel science is one if not the best method humans can progress. (I mean, just look at every famous and revolutionary inventor ever)

[@jeffvader811]

If you want a cool example of art and science being mixed, look at some of Robert McCalls work.

[@Fillware]

I am staggered. All the science AND Robert Lang himself explaining crease patterns and origami design? what a treasure!

[@PrasadBVRSN]

I still remember I folded a paper to make a gun which I failed to repeat after I gave original to my brother (after he asked for it) and it become a childhood memory.. really like to learn some of these ... thanks much for video

[@MrMebigfatguy]

Seems real similar to the fold and cut theorem.. quite amazing.

[@MrShoopdawoop97]

"Hm." My man's about to grow a huge nose and start trading emeralds.

[@kozara8202]

@@w1therrrrarchive5 lol

[@unrealpigzgaming8014]

@@w1therrrrarchive5 you too

[@mihailmilev9909]

@@unrealpigzgaming8014 lol

[@blackairforce6999]

was gonna play MC after this video lol

[@jackgrg1429]

*sees the cactus* Me: oh I want to make that Pros: it’s uses 1 meter paper Me: I can afford that... Pros: It took seven years to complete Me: I gonna head out..

[@lynx655]

Jack grg he had to design it from zero. If you have the solution, you can fold it faster.

[@DJAsHeRMusic]

I'm sure you could do it in a day if you had a super long instructions. It probably took him 7 years trying to work it out by trial and error and his maths. I'm sure its 1 of a kind there might be other origami cactus but no 1 with them diamentions. Watching this really makes me want to do some origami now think I would try simpler things 😂. Really love that thing that keeps spinning with diffrent colours might give that ago.

[@JorgetePanete]

_it's uses_ 10/10 English lmao

[@JorgetePanete]

Btw, check your grammar.

[@JorgetePanete]

@Moon Base You forgot the fact that I do both.

[@animationsxplaned8835]

It is this channel and videos like these that inspired me to start the channel that I write this from. I hope one day to be able to look back over my channel to see someone inspired by my animations as I am inspired by Veritasium.

[@RedJoker9000]

Biggest issue with origami was during school (elementary to college, mostly from middle to college) so many guys came to me on Valentine's Day and asked for flowers, animals, or shape transforming things A LOT. I never got the credit. But hey, I maybe a loner but learned stuff like this to pass the time. Longest is a modular square/circle. Takes like almost 2 hours, but very cool.

[@juampyvarela]

You blew my mind when you showed the unfolding algorithm. That's exactly how textures in 3d models work, you unfold a 3D figure in a plain to draw on it. Really good video! 🎉

[@vgman94]

juampy varela Well, we are a video game aren’t we?

[@drillerdev4624]

It's a bit more complicated than that, actually. The algorithm generates all the folds needed. That means that most of the surfaces you see in the pattern are gonna get hidden in the folding process. As a texture map it'd be pretty inefficent. Also, the crease pattern gives you the "stickman version" of the figure. All the actual posing to translate from "straight point" to "articulated scorpion leg/tail" is still the work of the folder. Still, Lang's algorithm is truly genius.

[@MikkoRantalainen]

Except that origami is like texture unwrap with zero seams allowed and no strecthing either.

[@LVXMagick]

I love so much about Japanese life and culture. I think we could learn a lot from ancient practices reimagined for modern problems. Nothing new under the sun, only our understanding and applications that expand. This video was great. Thanks!

[@michaelderosier3505]

This entire video is just mind-blowing. Origami should be the base for all math classes. Let's get rid of the flag pole riddles and start using origami in school. Origami has an application in every field. Just amazing.

[@ElectroNeutrino]

Robert Lang! I was given one of his books by one of my teachers 24 years ago because I was interested in origami. I still have it.

[@salvadorarreolarodriguez6165]

the lang rose i'ts just perfect...

[@gowthamuknown]

Can you make anything like that?

[@nathanjohnpalaogaming4872]

Can you please send me a link of pictures of different pages?

[@neurofiedyamato8763]

I love it when science look back at traditional low tech methods. Sometimes we are too obsessed with new and complex technology when a simpler solution is right in front of us for centuries.

[@EvitoCruor]

Low tech does not mean simple. Something as mundane as a silk weaving machine is infact Incredibly complex and well designed. But it is indeed satisfying when old inventions are combined with our new materials sciences etc.

[@qerzuk]

This is not really a simple solution or low tech. It's describing the properties of certain things with math to later change them depending on the problem you want to solve. Mathematicians do that all the time

[@warrenhall9920]

Often the method chosen is driven by other factors and priorities that tend to force a new and complex technology to be chosen over a simpler solution. Similar to the story of U.S.'s expensive NASA R&D effort to develop a pen that works in zero gravity for astronauts to use while in space. The Soviet solution was to have astronauts use a pencil.

[@LucielStarz123]

Warren Hall the story for that was debunked. Of course NASA has used pencil. But the reason why they poured so much money into the invention/ development of a “space pen” - was because pencil were made of graphites, and prone to breaking off. A tiny sliver of graphite can cause major explosion, especially in an airtight space-craft. This was why there’s a need for a pen that can work in any environment and not create harm. Hence, don’t take any story at face value before learning the full reason why behind it.

[@geovaughan8261]

I understand your sentiment, but hen you think about it these methods are neither traditional nor low tech. The materials and concept are simple, but the application and design are quite complex. Granted, there's nothing being done here that couldn't have been done by a traditional Japanese origami artist given enough time and paper, but there was simply no incentive for them to do so because the machinery they would have been designing this for did not exist, and many of the items being fabricated here are being built based on principles of folding and mechanics that weren't discovered until someone actually did research into them. They even demonstrated that many designs were based on variations of fundamental folding patterns that, on their own, wouldn't have produced anything of immediate artistic merit, which would have discouraged a traditional artisan from exploring them further. It took industrial need and industrial resources in order for these ideas to finally be implemented. EDIT: Case in point at 12:06... that seems pretty high-tech to me.

[@slewisgreen]

wonderful, just watched (2/27/21), great description and lession...I just bought an "Airgami" N95 mask...great to wear, most comfortable.

[@woodenkat8971]

I had a friend work on the nanoinjector project as part of his under grad. Very cool stuff.