They are called karakuri puppets and they have been used in Japan as early as the 17th Century. The technique is called Kirigami which differs to origami as the paper is cut rather than just folded.

Perhaps the most interesting part is how much of these technologies borrow from the Japanese art of origami, and the related kirigami. Rather than trying to build three-dimensional structures ...

Finding new angles on an old artform, McGill researchers have increased the number of stable shapes that kirigami-based ...

The Kiri-Spoon, from "kirigami," the Japanese art form of cutting paper, can both grasp like a fork and scoop like a spoon. "Existing systems for robot-assisted feeding use standard forks and ...

"Visitors may participate in activities such as Yukata dressing experience, Origami and Kirigami workshops as well as information on tourism in Japan," he said during a press conference in Komtar ...