This document summarizes the color changing bidirectional origami tube pattern. The pattern was initially studied by S. Guest, S. Pellegrino, and B. Kresling and later showed how to make it change colors by Tomoko Fuse and Robert Lang. Researchers at BYU have also used variations of this pattern in origami-based engineering applications. The document provides instructions on how to fold the tube and references three sources that discuss using this pattern for bellows and medical device applications.
This document summarizes the color changing bidirectional origami tube pattern. The pattern was initially studied by S. Guest, S. Pellegrino, and B. Kresling and later showed how to make it change colors by Tomoko Fuse and Robert Lang. Researchers at BYU have also used variations of this pattern in origami-based engineering applications. The document provides instructions on how to fold the tube and references three sources that discuss using this pattern for bellows and medical device applications.
This document summarizes the color changing bidirectional origami tube pattern. The pattern was initially studied by S. Guest, S. Pellegrino, and B. Kresling and later showed how to make it change colors by Tomoko Fuse and Robert Lang. Researchers at BYU have also used variations of this pattern in origami-based engineering applications. The document provides instructions on how to fold the tube and references three sources that discuss using this pattern for bellows and medical device applications.
extensively with initial studies by S. Guest, S. Pellegrino, and B. Kresling. The color changing version was shown by origami artists Tomoko Fuse and Robert Lang.
Variations of the pattern has also
been used in origami-based engineering applications by researchers at BYU. To learn more, visit cmr.byu.edu or look at the citations below.
Cut out, fold,
wrap into a tube and tape or glue tabs to far side.
For better results,
prescore the folds by running over them with a blunt object such as a ballpoint pen.
Mountain Folds
Valley Folds
Butler, Jared, et al. "Highly compressible origami
bellows for harsh environments." ASME 2016 IDETC. ASME Digital Collection, 2016.
Sargent, B, et al. “An Origami-Based Medical
Support System to Mitigate Flexible Shaft Buckling (in review)” ASME Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics, 2019.
Sargent, B, et al. “Deployable bellows for delivery
of a flexible, elongate device and methods of use” US Patent US20190269885A1