Lego Kinetic Sculptures

I really look forward to being able to replicate things like this in wood or acrylic rather than having to spend the big $ on the necessary Lego. Can’t wait! Such fascinating work.

http://lego.gizmodo.com/watching-a-lego-sisyphus-perpetually-push-a-boulder-is-1745614147

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Just need to add a hill and a cog-railway-style track for Sisyphus to go up and down.

You just inadvertently added hours of internet reading to my day… Disney Research Labs… wow.

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This is amazing. I have an unhealthy obsession with Lego

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Yeah, I have been looking for the program that they used in this video for a while now

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Thats incredible.

Amazing!

What a great find! That is really really neat.

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That is awesome! Add some automatons to the list of things to make…

For inspiration, Google Jaquet Droz - writer, for an example of one of the most impressive machines ever made (without a computer) :wink:

Tom

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Does Disney offer the software?

really impressive

Super cool stuff! How talented! That software looks pretty amazing, is it publicly available I wonder?

Sadly, no they don’t.

Wow I could make a hardwood Lego Train. Insane!!

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Too much…I gotta go with you on this…making that with my GF will be AWESOOOOOOOOOME .

Adam Savage and Norman Chan (@norman (fellow Glowforge owner)) build that Lego model on their YouTube channel, Tested. Here’s the video, for anyone who wants to warch it…

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Disney Research has many amazing projects that you could waste a day going through and a lifetime pining over. They never release any of them.

Here’s that one in greater detail.

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The boxilization one is also very interesting. https://www.disneyresearch.com/project/boxelization/ more for maybe a 3d printer than laser cutter, but would be so nice to be able to do.

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Here is an amazing lego 3d sculpture !! Would really have to think outside the box to create this !!

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