Science of Origami | TACHI Tomohiro | TEDxUTokyo

Tomohiro Tachi challenges the unresolved problem hidden in the simple act of folding a piece of paper. He makes us think "where actually is the limit of paper folding (origami)?". He reveals the hidden characteristics of origami and the direction to which it is headed. Tomohiro Tachi is an assistant professor in Graphic and Computer Sciences at the University of Tokyo. He studied architecture and received his Ph.D. degree in Engineering from the University of Tokyo. He has been designing origami from 2002 and keeps exploring three-dimensional and kinematic origami through computation. He developed origami software tools including "rigid origami simulator", "origamizer", and "freeform origami", which are available from his website. His research interests include origami, structural morphology, computational design, and fabrication. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx