A South African artist has created an astonishing range of highly-detailed animals using the ancient Japanese art of origami. Quentin Trollip has published several books showcasing his skills in the ...

Think of origami and you may imagine delicate paper cranes or fortune tellers. But the art of folding paper to create 3D shapes has been used to make a flexible robot. Roboticists have shown off two ...

Origami has become known as a miracle technique for designers. Elegant compliant mechanisms can leverage the material properties of a single geometry in ways that are sometimes stronger than those ...

Do you know what "origami" is? It is magic made from a single sheet of paper. Origami is an easy, yet profound traditional Japanese culture which can be enjoyed anytime, anywhere, with anyone! Take a ...

(Nanowerk News) The ancient arts of origami, the art of paper-folding, and kirigami, the art of paper-cutting, have gained popularity in recent years among researchers building mechanical ...

Researchers categorize origami- and kirigami-based mechanical metamaterials, artificially engineered materials with unusual mechanical properties, and subdivided them into rigid or deformable ...

Origami is a traditional Japanese craft and artwork made from a single sheet of paper. It's like magic. Our today's theme is "miniatures." Meet a Japanese artist who creates a "tree of cranes" using ...