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There are a noticeable lack of origami puzzles that move/transform. I have seen origami recreations of other puzzles such as the burr puzzle and box puzzles. My idea is to create some sort of modular version of the Rubik s snake. Here is a link:

http://www.amazon.com/Color-RainbowTwis ... pd_sim_t_4

My main obstacle it's creating a completely flush rotational joint incorporated into a row of right triangular prisms. Any models that use a comparable mechanic or anybody with general input?

I've always loved the Rubiks Snake, so I'd be very happy to see an origami interpretation of it.
I don't really have any advice to give you on how to go about designing it though.

This is the sort of thing Charles Santee would fold, you should contact him, his name is firstfold on the forum.

Here is a model that could be used as a rotational joint. It has potential for a number of diferent applications:

Thank's TheRush12 for this idea.

In "13 Thoki Yenn Orikata" it is said that you can do a Rubick's Snake by joining "half cubes" with a string.

I had actually thought of using an elastic shoe string but making the structure entirely out of paper is much more challenging and for me much more fun.

Here is what I have come up with – so Far.

http://youtu.be/BbvcIrD9wGQ



Charles “Doc” Santee

Well done firstfold! That's amazing!
Will you be releasing any video or diagrams of how to fold them?

Nice work firstfold. Those are really cool.

Santee’s Swivel
Here are instructions for folding “Santee’s Swivel” which can be used to make an origami version of a variety of geometric puzzles, games, and kinetic sculptures.






This swivel can be attached to “Pleated Prisms” to make the constructions desired. Here are instructions for Two different pleated Prisms:




Finally here are some examples of using both the “Santee Swivel” and the “Pleated Prisms” for making kinetic puzzles – et al.






More to come ! ! !
Charles “Doc” Santee
AKA Firstfold

After making videos on how to construct the snake, I thought that someone would take this challenge on and fold and fold the full 24 prism snake. But since that hasn’t happened, I decided to do it myself.

I guess I missed this thread since I was away from origami for a bit

Anyway, Yutaka Naito has made one in 2013:
https://twitter.com/SquareOrigami/statu ... 8013711360


you can see the mechanism on the ORIST (Tokyo University's Origami Club) webpage:
http://orist.tiyogami.com/2013mf.html


I think it's basically what firstfold created but Yutaka made the pivot and housing from 1 piece of paper.

Fantastic, I had not seen the Yutaka Naito model until now. I wonder when he first made that model and if there are any videos of the model or of it's construction. Does anyone have contact with him?
I will try to contact him through Twitter, but my skill with twitter is very limited.

I did do a web search for models of this type in 2013 but did not find anything.

I think we need a list of people who do mechanical / moving origami constructions.
The first on the list should be Giles Towning of the British origami society. His zipper model is fantastic.
Next I would add Assia and David Brill with the most recent creation of the Curlicue. For a number of moving models see Yoshihide Momotani. I know I'm misspelling names here please correct my mistakes. My age (70) is getting the better of my memory.

Thanks again for the information.

A puzzle with multiple solutions - Can another level (a different colored spot) be added. This is a substantial challenge.

Can you make and solve this puzzle?