Build “magic,” gravity-defying structures–with Legos, kite string, and physics

Re:Build “magic,” gravity-defying structures–with Legos, kit... by huhtenberg on Saturday April 25, 2020 @04:42PM (#22981281)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensegrity

This has been a "thing" on reddit for a couple of weeks now and with lots of people being bored right now the results were quite diverse and interesting:

https://www.reddit.com/r/lego/comments/g2230l/lego_tensegrit...

https://www.reddit.com/r/EngineeringPorn/comments/g05lld/i_b...

https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/g44sz8/my_first_attem...

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/fcnum5/finally_...

https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/fh5cvo/thought_...

etc.

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Re:Build “magic,” gravity-defying structures–with Legos, kit... by magicalhippo on Saturday April 25, 2020 @07:13PM (#22982501)

From Wikipedia there was a link to the SUPERball robot[1], pretty cool. But I wonder about the longevity of it, I assume they could use multiple wires per "strand" in case one breaks, but dust and sand seem like they could be big issues over time.

Still, pretty cool!

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkzeE6BVNIk

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Re:Build “magic,” gravity-defying structures–with Legos, kit... by twic on Saturday April 25, 2020 @05:37PM (#22981759)

I have also seen a tensegrity flareup on Twitter. I'd love to know how this got started.

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