7 Kinetic Sculptures in Lego

7 Lego sculptures in which movement is a basic element. 6 out of 7 are motor-powered. Kinetic art. Enjoy!

0:00 Zylo
0:12 Hyperboloid Spinner
0:35 Contra-Rotating Beams
0:59 Driving Ring
1:30 Tower Curves
2:04 Hoberman Linkage
2:33 Wave Machine
3:25 ALL KINETIC SCULPTURES on a table

Thanks to diamabolo, David C. Roy, aeh5040 and Yoshihito ISOGAWA for the inspiration.

Zylo is based on a wooden kinetic sculpture by David C. Roy.
Hyperboloid Spinner is by diamabolo.
Contra-Rotating Beams idea is from diamabolo, but I used unmodified Lego gears, whereas the original had a hole drilled into a 40-tooth gear.
Tower Curves idea is from aeh5040, but I used different waves and gearing.
Driving Ring idea is from Yoshihito ISOGAWA's "Cycling", but I used a big droid wheel.
Hoberman Linkage is by diamabolo.
Wave Machine is by diamabolo with a few modifications.

@diamabolo

[Flynnsomething]

I can only imagine how cool these would be as permanent desk sculptures if you could get a silent motor to drive them with nothing but the quiet steady clicking of some of the mechanisms.

[Roger]

My grand-uncle was an architect who loved to build mechanical contraptions out of wood as a hobby. He had made many of these same sculptures by hand with hand-cranks over the years and they were some of my favorite toys growing up

[Lightning]

It doesn’t matter how old you are, LEGO constructions keep fascinating you again and again.

[IceBotYT]

Babe wake up a new BEC video just dropped

[danwood]

That Hoberman linkage with the yellow pieces in the dark looked really striking, very cool!

[protreo]

Tower curves just made me WOW! Thought this was an illusion at first.

[FolloweroftheWay-Jesus]

The tower curves were really mesmerizing

[Klaster_]

The wave machine was the coolest, it looked like a fancy wave illustration, but in real life.

[Minty]

ironically the Zylo, despite being the simplest, entrances me the most, i know it works and if i follow each linkage i can see how it works, but something about stepping back and looking at it makes that understanding go away

[igxniisan]

3:33, the one at the bottom right corner of the screen: why am I here, just to suffer?

[digital_pocket_watch]

2:58 *Sailin' the Sea o' Blood*

[ArrowSwift]

The "Tower Curves" and the "Hoberman Linkage" were my favorites. Really nicely done. Can't wait to see more of this!

[ThatGadgetMatt]

It’s amazing how the tower curves can be perceived like the spinning dancer illusion. I was even able to perceive them moving back and forth instead of spinning in a complete circle in either direction!👁️👁️

[mokshjoshi]

2:18 "HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON HOLD ON "

[youtubeSuckssNow]

Theres a lot of stuff you can do with those.
Honestly using the wave one with marbles on it that fall off the end and get rotated back to the top would be cool

[quinnobi]

The hoberman linkage was really cool. I wonder if it was designed to do something functional originally.

[VampirewthBraces]

I'd like to see you building these machines, like your older videos. All the snapping together and testing and such until the machine worked was very relaxing and fun to watch.

[gabrielhoy]

1:06

General Grievous, we meet again.... And you're still shorter than I expected.

[its_pheral]

"This is our little brother, Zylo, he doesn't run on a motor but we love him nonetheless."

[Ari--d]

3:20
in soviet russia, ground drives you