STILFOLD aims to take origami tech beyond bikes

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Swedish startup STILFOLD, the sister company of origami motorbike startup STRILRIDE, is seeking to broaden the applications for its novel manufacturing technique.

What Stockholm's Golden Bridge would look like if it was built by STILFOLD’s "industrial origami" robots
What Stockholm's Golden Bridge would look like if it was built by STILFOLD’s "industrial origami" robots - STILFOLD

In January 2022, STILRIDE announced it had raised £2.5m to produce a run of its Sport Utility Scooter One (SUS1), created using an origami metalwork technique carried out by robots. The success of the SUS1 has led to the creation of a new company, STILFOLD, which will seek to expand the origami technique beyond bikes to a variety of different sectors, ranging from buildings and bridges to mobility devices and kitchen appliances.

Specialist software from STILFOLD will enable designers to simulate folding and unfolding their desired structure from a metal sheet. Once a design has been finalised, robotic arms can be programmed to carry out the complex folding process, where metal sheets are worked around a variety of curves to create intricate structures. The new business will be headed by the co-founders of STILRIDE, Tue Beijer and Jonas Nyvang. They will also continue to oversee the bike company, whose first run is set for release this autumn.

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