This curved-crease sculpture, created for the opening of the National Museum of Mathematics, demonstrates the intersection of origami, design, and mathematics that is at the heart of this course. (Erik Demaine and Martin Demaine.)
Instructor(s)
Prof. Erik Demaine
MIT Course Number
6.849
As Taught In
Fall 2012
Level
Graduate
Course Description
Course Features
- Video lectures
- Captions/transcript
- Projects (no examples)
- Assignments: problem sets with solutions
- Instructor insights
Course Description
This course focuses on the algorithms for analyzing and designing geometric foldings. Topics include reconfiguration of foldable structures, linkages made from one-dimensional rods connected by hinges, folding two-dimensional paper (origami), and unfolding and folding three-dimensional polyhedra. Applications to architecture, robotics, manufacturing, and biology are also covered in this course.
Acknowledgments
Thanks to videographers Martin Demaine and Jayson Lynch.