Oribotics [civitum natura] = Robotics Natural Communities

For the final installment of the Singleton Laneways Project world leading Origami Expert and inventor of the Oribot, Dr Matthew Gardnier, came to Singleton NSW to set a new world record. With the help of the community of Singleton, 90 Origami flowers were constructed over 4 days of workshops which were then mounted on a wall inside Evidence Laneway.

The project introduced the Singleton community to the field of Oribotics, Dr Matthew Gardiner's ongoing art/science fusion of origami and technology, specifically 'bot' technology, such as robots, or intelligent computer agents known as bots. Oribotics is a joining of two complex fields of study. Ori comes from the Japanese verb Oru literally meaning 'to fold'. Folding is a language of nature. Origami is the art of folding paper, geometry, math and craft. Oribotics is a field of research that explores the future art & scicence of making origami robots. oribokit® is a democratized art science robotic origami kit, created to encourage experimentation and expansion of oribotic research.

The  Oribokit  Singleton  project  produced  a  world  record  number  of  Oribot  flowers (90) during workshops at the Singleton Arts and Culture Centre by year 9 and 10 students from  Singleton  High  School,  year  5  and  6  students  from  St  Catherine’s  Catholic College and members of the local community. It was the first time that the Oriokit had been utilised in this way - as part of a collaborative community placemaking activity.

About Dr Matthew Gardiner

Dr Matthew Gardiner is an artistic inventor and researcher   at   the   Ars   Electronica   Futurelab most well known for his work with origami and robotics. Oribokit was designed and created as a way to share and encourage development in the emerging fields of oribotics–origami and robotics–including  soft  robotics,  biomimetic design and folding in nature: oribokit.com