Transformable Surface Mechanism with Single Scissors Units
Seri Nishimoto, Maya Kraft, and Tomohiro Tachi

Proceedings of Bridges 2025: Mathematics and the Arts
Pages 535–538
Short Papers

Abstract

Connecting copies of a single scissors unit into a grid forms a surface which deploys nonuniformly where the units will be open at various angles. When these units are laid out in a two-dimensional pattern, the entire mechanism transforms into a three-dimensional surface. This paper presents the conditions for arranging a single type of scissors unit in a two-dimensional pattern and shows some design examples.

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