An MIT-led origami construction method connects folded metal modules into curved shells. Prototypes and a library sculpture show how the approach can scale.

MIT researchers have developed a scalable, origami-based construction system. It uses modular building blocks ...

Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have just published a paper on creating modular tubular origami machines which they call “Kinegami”, a portmanteau of “kinematic” and “origami”. The idea ...

Origami has plenty to offer the world of robotics, inspiring clever folding machines that could find their way into our stomaches and out to Mars. Scientists have again borrowed from this ancient ...

The ancient Japanese paper-folding art of origami (“ori” meaning “folding,” and “kami” meaning “paper”) probably isn’t the first thing that comes to mind when you think about groundbreaking robot ...

You may be familiar with origami, the Japanese art of paper folding, but chances are you haven’t come across smocking. This technique refers to the way fabric can be bunched by stitches, often made in ...

On Tuesday, The Open Space Society (TOSS), Jaipur organised an Origami workshop- Fold Unfold with the Mumbai-based origami artist Aditi Anuj. The central idea of the workshop was reusing and ...

The largest display of modular origami cubes consists of 1,235 pieces and was achieved by Kyndryl Japan KK (Japan) in Koto, Tokyo, Japan on 4 September 2025. During the Kyndryl Japan Summit 2025, the ...