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What do you mean by Pepakura based mechanics? There are deployable structure ala Hoberman linkages, and there are multitudes of papers on origami and math with
by eggy 9y ago
What do you mean by Pepakura based mechanics? There are deployable structure ala Hoberman linkages, and there are multitudes of papers on origami and math with examples of folding actuators and bodies. Recently MIT IIRC has been putting plastic origami in plastic bags that can be pumped or evacuated of air to create mechanical actuation. Very exciting times indeed!
- agumonkey 9y agoWell just the sort of things you mentioned. Except I didn't know about them :)
- eggy 9y agoGlad to have helped! Deployable structures are very interesting as a general category. I love how an art form like origami can create things of wonder and beauty, and then mathematics comes along to show there's even more to be taken in. There are even examples of solving geometry problems with origami instead of using compass and ruler.