This Weird Shape Rolls Uphill Instead of Down

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  • In this video I show you some objects the roll uphill instead of down. Then I talk about how it is possible and how it is still falling down.
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  • @thomaskast7842
    @thomaskast7842 3 года назад +6437

    -Bro where are you?
    -Up here on the tree
    -How did you get up there?
    -I fell.

    • @ChandanTalukdar99
      @ChandanTalukdar99 3 года назад +42

      😂

    • @tukangbobo
      @tukangbobo 3 года назад +20

      well said

    • @alesthra
      @alesthra 3 года назад +61

      It's easy to fall into top of the tree. All you need is some flying device like helicopter, plane or whatever and jump or accidentally fall through open door or something.

    • @guywithbigwhitecock709
      @guywithbigwhitecock709 3 года назад +9

      Where's that reference from

    • @klauzwayne4215
      @klauzwayne4215 3 года назад +4

      @@guywithbigwhitecock709 little britain: ruclips.net/video/rV-0PCIhaF0/видео.html

  • @Zenith_682
    @Zenith_682 3 года назад +5163

    Did you roll up hill?
    Cone: yesn’t

  • @PC-ds6zk
    @PC-ds6zk Год назад +1145

    Theres this place in the UK called 'the crooked house', its a pub, which slants to one side. Weirdly this experiment works there too. People use a coin there and it rolls up instead of down

    • @SomeRandomIdiot888
      @SomeRandomIdiot888 Год назад +52

      It's probably an illusion or something.

    • @xiaospersonaltoelicker2026
      @xiaospersonaltoelicker2026 Год назад +16

      We have that here in the US at Landrums

    • @noahcrawford2693
      @noahcrawford2693 Год назад +11

      One in the US in the upper peninsula of Michigan

    • @kitkat47chrysalis95
      @kitkat47chrysalis95 Год назад +1

      @@noahcrawford2693 surely this cant be real

    • @AutPen38
      @AutPen38 Год назад +75

      I just googled the Crooked House pub (in Himley near Dudley) and there's a wiki page about it. It looks even more slanted than the leaning tower of Pisa but isn't as famous unfortunately. Due to careful placement of objects like tables and the angled windows and brickwork (due to subsidence) a number of optical illusions occur. e.g. a marble will *appear* to roll uphill. It's the not the same thing as this video, which shows a "trick" object (with a weight in it) that actually does roll uphill.

  • @certiPHIer
    @certiPHIer Год назад +105

    If the sides of your ramp were parallel instead of converging to the downhill point, both shapes would roll downhill. The object shaped like two cones put together rolls in the direction that has its center of mass descending on the converging ramp, so its center of gravity is "rolling downhill".

    • @Rockancrime
      @Rockancrime 4 месяца назад +9

      There’s a great version of this experiment that has a shape that’s inverted to this - the narrowest point in the middle. If you angle the ramp so that the thin end is higher, it will similarly “fall up”. Your comment reminded me of that version from the science center I went to as a kid. And now work at. I should dig around in the basement and go find it… 🙃

    • @RandomRants525
      @RandomRants525 Месяц назад

      You took the words right out of my mouth mate. Smart guy.

    • @lewisharden1715
      @lewisharden1715 27 дней назад +2

      You can do the same with a pool ball and two cues,
      No mystery here.

    • @spydrmnd
      @spydrmnd 21 день назад

      The foam wheel and the wooden thing are two different things. One uses leverage the other is basically an illusion

    • @blaze1148
      @blaze1148 14 дней назад

      @@spydrmnd Yup - the foam one is cheating as he unsuspectedly offset the weight of the object.

  • @OllyORB_
    @OllyORB_ 3 года назад +24461

    _Your free trial of gravity has ended._

  • @BC-wj8fx
    @BC-wj8fx 3 года назад +2920

    "Gravity HATES this shape. See how it gets 54 inches of uphill per week using this one simple trick"

  • @Incepter.
    @Incepter. Год назад +195

    That object that rolls up on a slanted hill has rejected the offer of the laws of physics while The Action Lab is testing with him.

    • @josephmorin8941
      @josephmorin8941 3 месяца назад +2

      You know its an optical illusion, right? That wooden pin isn't really falling uphill.

  • @tomzuriel9480
    @tomzuriel9480 Год назад +67

    Now I understand Lil Wayne when he said I fell from the streets, I landed in the sky. 💆

    • @Aero.planes72
      @Aero.planes72 Год назад +2

      nice one

    • @barahng
      @barahng 18 дней назад +1

      That or maybe he had just watched that movie Upside Down, the one with two planets connected by a giant tower. The gravity reverses halfway up the tower.

  • @marzbroz420
    @marzbroz420 3 года назад +13330

    This glitch will be fixed on the next update ..
    If you find any more glitches..
    Just report or update your simulation..
    Thank you.

    • @gadahadmohan
      @gadahadmohan 3 года назад +239

      Give this guy an oscar

    • @1994CivicGLi
      @1994CivicGLi 3 года назад +280

      next update: more pain has been added

    • @corneliusmcmuffin3256
      @corneliusmcmuffin3256 3 года назад +144

      Download the 12 yottabyte patch, it should fix it.

    • @Manuqtix.Manuqtix
      @Manuqtix.Manuqtix 3 года назад +88

      You can also fix the glitch by pressing (~)
      To open up the console command

    • @jeffaska675
      @jeffaska675 3 года назад +122

      How do I uninstall this simulation

  • @joey9385
    @joey9385 3 года назад +1503

    0:51 *“now watch both of theses at the same time now”*
    My eyes: 👁 👃 👁

  • @ragavanbalaji7257
    @ragavanbalaji7257 Год назад +12

    this is the first one i actually understood before getting it explained to me

  • @kevincarson9201
    @kevincarson9201 Год назад +7

    that triangular shaped base along with the slanted shape of the rolling object is why it rolls up. Physics won't let those two shapes interact in a way that lets it roll the other directions

    • @Novaflare187
      @Novaflare187 Год назад

      Well yes and no, it is not that the shape won't let it roll downwards. Around 1:44 we can see that the entire object does roll downwards (towards the less elevated side) after the ramp was elevated enough. But the shape does create different paths of varying resistances (and amount of energy needed). So depending on the angle/elevation the ramp, the object's center of mass will move towards the path of least resistance regardless is that is upwards, downwards or staying at rest.

  • @priyadugar6944
    @priyadugar6944 3 года назад +3707

    When life starts going down, be this cone not the cylinder.

  • @D-Man_Jam
    @D-Man_Jam 3 года назад +26494

    _"Oh no! I've fallen, and I can't get down!"_

  • @thomaspetrucka9173
    @thomaspetrucka9173 Год назад +5

    0:43 If you look at the center cylinder, you’ll notice it actually descends as it rolls up the ramp.

  • @ZackXD_100
    @ZackXD_100 4 месяца назад +1

    This video reminds me of the Oregon vortex where everything just rolls uphill and gravity is just broken😂

  • @RC32Smiths01
    @RC32Smiths01 3 года назад +3633

    Schrodinger's Cone: Falls up and down at the same time lol

    • @gadahadmohan
      @gadahadmohan 3 года назад +71

      But in parallel universe
      This is important 😂

    • @bluesillybeard
      @bluesillybeard 3 года назад +13

      lol good one

    • @eggeggington606
      @eggeggington606 3 года назад +24

      Wouldn’t it just stay in place?

    • @swayam4941
      @swayam4941 3 года назад +6

      That means it will be at the same place

    • @swetea6908
      @swetea6908 3 года назад +21

      @@gadahadmohan parallel universes may have different laws of physic

  • @hunnathegunna5616
    @hunnathegunna5616 3 года назад +3729

    Me: I just want her to fall for me
    Her:

  • @rxotmfrxotmf8208
    @rxotmfrxotmf8208 7 месяцев назад +6

    The explanation should have mentioned that the widening of the two inclined sides let the CG of the cone sink as it rolls up the incline, due to the V shape of the cone's middle. Nonetheless, it was a really good and entertaining video as usual from The Action Lab.

    • @khongminh5168
      @khongminh5168 7 месяцев назад +1

      Could this be turned into a perpetual motion machine if it drops into parallel sides at the top and gets guided back and connected to the v shape again?

    • @Sakscratch
      @Sakscratch 2 месяца назад +1

      @rxot: Precisely! That's the crux of the physics behind the entire video and it isn't even mentioned! I was reading the comments wondering why in the hell no one mentioned that!? WTF?

    • @ShuRugal
      @ShuRugal День назад

      @@khongminh5168 no, because you would have to put energy into it to lift it back to the starting height.

  • @timdavis7845
    @timdavis7845 8 месяцев назад +1

    Interesting video! I understand how it works. Thanks for sharing this with us 😀

  • @shoking9825
    @shoking9825 2 года назад +2679

    Disclaimer: no laws of physics were harmed in the making of this video

    • @elisabethsun7059
      @elisabethsun7059 2 года назад +6

      Lol

    • @vegetablesoup1448
      @vegetablesoup1448 2 года назад +30

      Really? I thought a lot were harmed

    • @phillyp6969
      @phillyp6969 2 года назад

      At least, at least.

    • @SaritaKumari-fn6fw
      @SaritaKumari-fn6fw 2 года назад +1

      All rules are followed se carefully

    • @gloriousnature
      @gloriousnature 2 года назад +5

      Yes the rolls shape does it all the roll need to go to a more open area because of how it's shape is at the centre

  • @prestondrew7846
    @prestondrew7846 3 года назад +1491

    task manager: unfortunately, gravity has stopped working

    • @joepaxton3154
      @joepaxton3154 3 года назад +20

      Ironic thing is, is that this is exactly gravity working as its pushing the back to back cone down which means that in turn it causes the shape to roll uphill as to get lower down it needs to move to the part where the pieces of wood ar further apart

    • @klashnacovak47
      @klashnacovak47 3 года назад +3

      Can I get that printed on a T-Shirt?

    • @thefirebeanie5481
      @thefirebeanie5481 3 года назад +2

      Just parts of the code

    • @muhammedshamil2443
      @muhammedshamil2443 3 года назад +3

      Task failed succesfully

    • @pgre
      @pgre 3 года назад +1

      @@joepaxton3154 you don't need to nerd it out

  • @robinbanks1418
    @robinbanks1418 Год назад +2

    Helium balloon in vacuum chamber: Let me do it for you

  • @Kounomura
    @Kounomura 7 месяцев назад

    Despite appearances, the cunningly shaped rotating body still goes downhill, you just have to pay close attention. A playful method, it also sheds light on the essential background of physics. Super.

  • @theronjohnson6840
    @theronjohnson6840 3 года назад +1867

    There's got to be a hamster in there

    • @taxxon_
      @taxxon_ 3 года назад +6

      lol

    • @leamong8157
      @leamong8157 3 года назад +2

      😂

    • @cyrobixtristar9102
      @cyrobixtristar9102 3 года назад +28

      That's could be possible true somehow cuz The laws of physics doesn't obey people.

    • @djrcchannel6496
      @djrcchannel6496 3 года назад +2

      Haha

    • @olimpather
      @olimpather 3 года назад +2

      no it's just the way to planks and the object it's shaped.

  • @Detholize
    @Detholize 2 года назад +1168

    “What if I switch them?”
    *creates black hole*

    • @VBT17
      @VBT17 2 года назад +13

      Underrated comment
      😂😂

    • @ultraawakening4328
      @ultraawakening4328 2 года назад +14

      No it is hole hole . it ends up nowhere e E

    • @whitemanriding
      @whitemanriding 2 года назад +3

      The end of the world as we know it .

    • @joedawg199
      @joedawg199 2 года назад +1

      666 likes. Nice.

    • @mannylugz5872
      @mannylugz5872 2 года назад +1

      We just found out the origin of covid-19.

  • @planetarean
    @planetarean Месяц назад

    Stayed for the explanation!! Loved it 🤗 thank you!!

  • @hydrocharis1
    @hydrocharis1 Год назад

    As kids we made marble runs with horizontal wooden blocks wicb diverge as the marble runs downwards. This was easier in construction generally, although you did have to support the sides enough to prevent the marble from pushing the blocks outward.

  • @respawningg7319
    @respawningg7319 2 года назад +1591

    "why are you crying?" "sniffle i fell up the stairs"

  • @varundeshpandevd
    @varundeshpandevd 2 года назад +7059

    Although it rolls upwards, its effective center of gravity is going down. The shape sinks into the ramp due to its V shape.

    • @baronvonhypnosis
      @baronvonhypnosis 2 года назад +557

      Thank you. in 6minutes and 20 seconds he spent 20 seconds talking about the wooden thing, and never explained it. You summed it up in a single sentence.

    • @mapmakerger3118
      @mapmakerger3118 2 года назад +43

      Thanks i Was going to say this too

    • @vara202
      @vara202 2 года назад +75

      This is also why it had a limit to the slope it would roll up.

    • @jonathanbaxter4611
      @jonathanbaxter4611 2 года назад +49

      Didn't he say that?

    • @nickoloes
      @nickoloes 2 года назад +37

      Can people not see thats whats happening?

  • @davidgilbertson7750
    @davidgilbertson7750 Год назад

    Reminds me of the game I played in my youth called "Hit the Spot." I think of the hundreds of times I played, I finally got my muscle memory to where I could win one out of 10 times. Tough game!

  • @XCATX25
    @XCATX25 Год назад

    I want a video collage of all the times he said something like "why is this happening" and similar, I think it would be great reaction material

  • @prest01
    @prest01 3 года назад +1955

    science class: *has a test tomorrow i havent studied for*
    me, an intellectual: *watches the action lab to study*

    • @sanjaytiwarytiwary6450
      @sanjaytiwarytiwary6450 3 года назад +12

      Lol i have a test tomorrow but watching this

    • @usmaaan2154
      @usmaaan2154 3 года назад +4

      Omg samee

    • @-GyBer-
      @-GyBer- 3 года назад +1

      @@sanjaytiwarytiwary6450 what if you know everything already and you don't have to study

    • @sanjaytiwarytiwary6450
      @sanjaytiwarytiwary6450 3 года назад +1

      @@-GyBer- i hope so but certainly this wasn't the case...

    • @Good_Hot_Chocolate
      @Good_Hot_Chocolate 3 года назад +1

      @@sanjaytiwarytiwary6450 How'd it go?

  • @KieranTully
    @KieranTully 3 года назад +890

    It took me a while to notice that the rails move apart, which is what allows the conical mass to fall right, as it rolls on narrower and narrower parts of the cone (which sit lower on the wider parts of the rail). Whereas the cylinder has constant circumference and can only roll down to the left.

    • @hananezumi
      @hananezumi 3 года назад +56

      Thank you for your explanation because I was still so confused about why it was going up after watching over the video. I don't know why he talked about everything besides what should be the most relevant part...

    • @fikriirshade1132
      @fikriirshade1132 3 года назад +14

      thanks the video didnt really explain why this particular set of object behave that way

    • @Mr.Jarfish
      @Mr.Jarfish 3 года назад +3

      isnt is more like the thing that rolls 'upward' has weight at the top when he places it so the momentum of the weight falling down is seemingly making it roll upward? just like with the stirofoam circle. still quite genius design the wooden thing must have in the balance of weight

    • @KieranTully
      @KieranTully 3 года назад +12

      No, I think the cone has uniform density, unlike the styrofoam disc which is weighed down on one edge.
      The cone rolls right not because it's heavier on one side, but because the rails move apart, allowing the cone's centre of gravity to fall down as the diverging rails touch the narrower and thus "higher" extremities of the cone.
      This view might make it more obvious: ruclips.net/video/o4xTbyfQgps/видео.html
      The slope of the cone against the rails is more than the slope of the rails against the ground.
      At some point the cone stops narrowing (i.e. stops lowering the CoG against the diverging rails), and that's why there's a notch in the rails, for the cylindrical ends of the cone to fall into.

    • @SD-G
      @SD-G 3 года назад +3

      Exactly... Figured it out in a few seconds

  • @ianholderness5773
    @ianholderness5773 19 дней назад

    The cone shape is important, but the weight of the item is also a key to this working and the triangular shape of the track.

  • @mattmilford8106
    @mattmilford8106 Год назад

    I wish I could be so fascinated by such simple and mundane things. It looks like he's having fun.

  • @GTron13
    @GTron13 3 года назад +1600

    Me: He’s probably got the table slanted
    The Action Lab: To show you that the table isn’t slanted..

    • @Accidental_Raider
      @Accidental_Raider 3 года назад +15

      Haha...out of context don't know it don't comment

    • @kenzieandrewsarm4849
      @kenzieandrewsarm4849 3 года назад +4

      I feel like because the ramp and the shape both are the same material, then they must be made together and to me, I think that it's magnetic

    • @kenzieandrewsarm4849
      @kenzieandrewsarm4849 3 года назад +3

      kinda just a thought, I'm not going against this person

    • @BMalding53
      @BMalding53 3 года назад +6

      @@kenzieandrewsarm4849 so, magnetic wood?

    • @BMalding53
      @BMalding53 3 года назад +4

      @@kenzieandrewsarm4849 that exists?

  • @thedeamonmeteor69420
    @thedeamonmeteor69420 3 года назад +2007

    Plot Twist: That weird shape is from Australia

    • @emperornero5178
      @emperornero5178 3 года назад +38

      I really wanna like your comment but I can't, I hope you understand

    • @kadaso29
      @kadaso29 3 года назад +17

      He understood

    • @emperornero5178
      @emperornero5178 3 года назад +14

      Adaso Ronald god dammit now it's at 74 😭

    • @chrisw4997
      @chrisw4997 3 года назад +4

      @@emperornero5178 81 now

    • @aemkei8920
      @aemkei8920 3 года назад

      @@emperornero5178 271

  • @DEW-fk7ij
    @DEW-fk7ij 7 месяцев назад

    If you check the center of the object it is going downhill. The spread of the runners allows it to fall and appears to go uphill but the object is going down.

  • @tuopi27
    @tuopi27 3 года назад +1293

    "hey everybody so today we are going to cheat the laws of physics into making something roll uphill"

    • @smj5785
      @smj5785 3 года назад +11

      Can't we make this thing keep rolling forever??

    • @NicolaiNita
      @NicolaiNita 3 года назад +33

      @@smj5785 it uses the angular momentum to move uphill. In the initial position, with the centre of mass shifted, it has some potential energy which is transformed into motion, this energy is actually consumed while it moves and it would stop at some point. The length of the rails is too short to see that.

    • @smj5785
      @smj5785 3 года назад +3

      @@NicolaiNita woa😯
      Well maybe i was imagining about free energy then, which is not possible 😐

    • @akaliyt5952
      @akaliyt5952 3 года назад +1

      @@smj5785 no, we couldn't.

    • @MrT------5743
      @MrT------5743 3 года назад +8

      @@NicolaiNita the weight is rolling down the sloped side of the roller. The rails spread out to allow the roller to fall down between the rails.

  • @visionedswing6914
    @visionedswing6914 Год назад

    how centre of mass of the object connected upward direction example which you give and why the cylinder rolls down it has also the same center of mass like the foam wheel ?
    I can't relate that. Please
    tell

  • @RyanSellers
    @RyanSellers Год назад +42

    What in the world of magic is this! This is real magic!

    • @Alex_Z95
      @Alex_Z95 Год назад +7

      This is physics 😁😆

    • @amesky4589
      @amesky4589 Год назад +7

      Eh, Magic is just science we don't quite understand.

  • @l.riggins1857
    @l.riggins1857 3 года назад +1140

    I'm surprised he didn't follow through with a cursory explanation as to how the center of gravity is dropping due to the shape of the object and the widening rail path caused by the rail angle on the ramp. I noticed this immediately, however many, including younger viewers might not fully get it without explanation.

    • @SamiDoustdar
      @SamiDoustdar 3 года назад +28

      Exactly

    • @Ginrummy33
      @Ginrummy33 3 года назад +174

      Yes, if those two rails had been parallel, then it would have rolled down like normal, It's the spreading angle that makes the big center part of the "ball" thingy get lower and do so faster than the steepness of the incline. He really didn't explain his current objects well.

    • @cedrick25
      @cedrick25 3 года назад +40

      Thank you guys for the explanation! Much appreciated.

    • @manusinhrahevar7527
      @manusinhrahevar7527 3 года назад +33

      Yeah i was thinking why was he going off topic rather tham explain the angle between rails.

    • @dariusdarkwing4998
      @dariusdarkwing4998 3 года назад +9

      Well you made it easy to understand in few words so...

  • @matiasbliznac2141
    @matiasbliznac2141 3 года назад +1666

    He didn't explain it fully I think so for anyone interested here's a more complete explanation: basically, the reason the cone falls upward is that it actually falls downward. The reason for that is that it actually starts at a higher position because of the shape of the slope. It has a hole in the middle which becomes narrower at the base of the slope, and when he places the cone at the base, because of the shape of the cone the center of mass ends up higher, and as it rolls, it ends up falling into the hole of the slope and the center of mass moves down. Basically, this trick wouldn't work were he to place the cone onto two parallel sticks which he leaned against something because the cone wouldn't be falling into a hole at the same time as it rolls upwards.

    • @starfish444
      @starfish444 3 года назад +22

      What bout the styrofoam?

    • @petergambier
      @petergambier 3 года назад +4

      Good point Matias.

    • @juli9683
      @juli9683 3 года назад +67

      @@starfish444 it was heavier on one side, so the side was pushed down by gravity, which made it role to the right side

    • @gamelord_bharat
      @gamelord_bharat 3 года назад +25

      Yeah due to widening of rail the massive portion of the double cone is sinking so actually its centre of mass is getting down but our eye the judge the level of edge of cone

    • @lucyhellbroke
      @lucyhellbroke 3 года назад +7

      EDIT: - OHHHHHHH NEVERMIND I GET IT.... but yeah, STILL witchcraft, LOL. -
      Wait so if there wasn’t a divot for the thing to roll up into, would this still work? I’m so confused. Y’all are witches. Lol

  • @Alex_Z95
    @Alex_Z95 Год назад +1

    The center of mass is changing because of the contact point of the triangle that the cone is above to. It is not explained very well. As the triangle opens,because of the shape,the cone goes deeper and deeper traveling upwards.

  • @sumayyasid6993
    @sumayyasid6993 Год назад

    Hey, I rolled a tube lid and first it went in a straight line for a bit then made a clockwise circle and then made a anti clockwise spiral and stopped. Can you explain this? The lid was a cylinder with different radii at it's ends.

  • @Moshuun
    @Moshuun 3 года назад +5375

    This is what weed smokers mean when they say *Roll Up*

    • @machineunit
      @machineunit 3 года назад +101

      Just tryin to get higher 😎

    • @hanseldsilva2393
      @hanseldsilva2393 3 года назад +13

      @@machineunit heh noice

    • @Vize_Iron
      @Vize_Iron 3 года назад +18

      Lowkey rolling a blunt knowing ur bout to smoke and chill to music is 1 of the most relaxing things no Cap. I dont get that high anymore because I smoke everyday but ye it's still feels great

    • @leventbasaran3075
      @leventbasaran3075 3 года назад +5

      @@Vize_Iron Just do a regulary Tolerance break

    • @timedubs
      @timedubs 3 года назад +2

      And I thought that going fast enough to go backwards in time was cool

  • @korishan
    @korishan 3 года назад +434

    2:11 "..roll uphill, or basically fall up" I just watch my cousin trying to go up the stairs. She does a 'very' good job falling up the stairs 🤣

  • @MG007.
    @MG007. 8 месяцев назад +1

    The Vampire from Blade needed that under his shoes.
    😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

  • @stanley279
    @stanley279 Год назад

    Me: **buys free gravity for 1 second**
    Life: *Your trial of gravity has ran out.*

  • @okplay9446
    @okplay9446 2 года назад +3531

    It's center of mass is still technically moving downwards, so the energy for the movement yet again comes from the objects gravitational potential energy.

    • @hikarumatsuyama6749
      @hikarumatsuyama6749 2 года назад +18

      Wow science :)

    • @hankatten1421
      @hankatten1421 2 года назад +76

      Everybody just saying the stuff he said in the video

    • @gibblets17
      @gibblets17 2 года назад +47

      @@hankatten1421 but what we are saying is the video says it moves uphill in the title and it doesn't actually roll uphill. It's an illusion.

    • @hankatten1421
      @hankatten1421 2 года назад +38

      @@gibblets17 yeah but he said that in the video

    • @kalijasin
      @kalijasin 2 года назад +7

      Science is Like magic but Real.

  • @KAYBE_CO
    @KAYBE_CO 3 года назад +2123

    For those who don’t understand:
    The wedge shape is supplementary to the pin rolling upward. Notice that the wedge gets wider as the pin rolls upward. This causes the pin’s center of gravity to follow the side it chooses thanks to its shape. As the v gets wider. The grooves accommodate the shape of the pin. Think of a marble rolling in a slit that is shaped like a V. When the slit gets too narrow, the marble will stop. When the slit gets too wide, the marble will fall out. Which one is related to gravity? Yes, the fall. That is why the pin rolls upward. Excuse my lack of vocab

    • @Bankable2790
      @Bankable2790 3 года назад +54

      Same with the styrofoam. It has a thicker side uphill whose mass imparts a great force via gravity toward the “uphill” side than the light side toward to the downhill side.

    • @Yonatan-jv8mv
      @Yonatan-jv8mv 3 года назад +26

      Thanks for the simple explanation

    • @jamesloll4601
      @jamesloll4601 3 года назад +27

      No, it's still falling down. cones edge versus it following the groove actually causes it to sink, even though the slant is up.

    • @KAYBE_CO
      @KAYBE_CO 3 года назад +6

      @@jamesloll4601 yup

    • @Ami-oh2zy
      @Ami-oh2zy 3 года назад +42

      *i dont understand but I'll act like i do*

  • @adnanabbasi9482
    @adnanabbasi9482 Год назад

    Do we use this principle for perpetual motion?

  • @alexghous
    @alexghous 6 месяцев назад

    this would make a very interesting perpetual motion machine. perhaps even with useful aspects.

  • @kirbyquartz5609
    @kirbyquartz5609 3 года назад +543

    The physics teacher: The test isn’t that hard.
    The test:

    • @thereaper5353
      @thereaper5353 3 года назад +17

      It's not that hard tho

    • @yochillll2672
      @yochillll2672 3 года назад +11

      Unless your a 2nd grader it aint that hard

    • @GHanBax
      @GHanBax 3 года назад +16

      @@yochillll2672 you're*

    • @aname9350
      @aname9350 3 года назад +1

      These replies did not pass the vibe check

    • @thereaper5353
      @thereaper5353 3 года назад +3

      @@aname9350 You're just small minded

  • @rkkastarshina3989
    @rkkastarshina3989 2 года назад +1142

    the ramp: "Never gonna let you dooown!"

    • @ricktam2841
      @ricktam2841 2 года назад +32

      Damm this was funny
      But the rickroll hurt

    • @mattynek2
      @mattynek2 2 года назад +21

      @@ricktam2841 never gonna run around

    • @fool6070
      @fool6070 2 года назад +19

      @@mattynek2 and desert you

    • @Build_Boal
      @Build_Boal 2 года назад +18

      @@ricktam2841 Never gonna MAKE YOU CRY

    • @exp_life7808
      @exp_life7808 2 года назад +15

      @@ricktam2841 NEVER GONNA SAY GOODBYE

  • @GalaxyNote10Plus
    @GalaxyNote10Plus 8 месяцев назад

    Sir, if you mind to answer my simple question I WILL BE GRATEFUL.
    What was your "course" when you're in college to study those things you've learned?
    Engineering? What kind? Mechanical?
    Scientists?
    I like to study as you did if I will have a chance.
    Glad you explained it, it's amazing content, thank you so much!

  • @panamplanecrazy740
    @panamplanecrazy740 Год назад +1

    i understood it in the first seconds the point and the curve on the shape it falls inwards and it pushes it up

  • @chiggen_wings5703
    @chiggen_wings5703 3 года назад +504

    Alex: "You made me proud that day."
    David: "I- I- I fell."
    Alex: "Yeah. But you got back up."
    *end credits roll with the main theme playing*

    • @chiggen_wings5703
      @chiggen_wings5703 3 года назад +6

      @Noob Tuber One of - if not - the best CODs.

    • @randomboitime4221
      @randomboitime4221 3 года назад +3

      Welp time to play bo2 again-

    • @jaxondabeastz2046
      @jaxondabeastz2046 3 года назад +3

      @@randomboitime4221 Our journey to victory has begun, -no live- to the MPLA!!!

    • @randomboitime4221
      @randomboitime4221 2 года назад +1

      Update, I've now beaten the game another like 3 or 4 times-

    • @chiggen_wings5703
      @chiggen_wings5703 2 года назад

      @@randomboitime4221 Nice.

  • @boxbunny1344
    @boxbunny1344 3 года назад +457

    Don't worry guys Schrondinger's Cone is just having a rebellious phase

    • @j.hawkins8779
      @j.hawkins8779 3 года назад +4

      Lol

    • @carmph-may23rdtwenty24
      @carmph-may23rdtwenty24 3 года назад +1

      @@j.hawkins8779 hmm yes there is indeed a like button and 73 other people has used it to say they laughed and i indeed need to reply with "Lol" because the like button isn't good enough and i need to start clogging the replies, *p E r F e C t*

    • @j.hawkins8779
      @j.hawkins8779 3 года назад +11

      @@carmph-may23rdtwenty24 * inhales * *reaches out * **grabs shotgun**

    • @dinglequandale8574
      @dinglequandale8574 3 года назад +1

      These comments make me hungry

    • @boxbunny1344
      @boxbunny1344 3 года назад +2

      @@dinglequandale8574 u like cones without ice cream?

  • @_synne
    @_synne Год назад

    Initially, my first thought was wondering if this could be used for perpetual motion.

  • @stevemitchell4241
    @stevemitchell4241 Год назад

    Could this wooden device be used for energy making If the center of gravity is shifted by another power source whereupon it goes up and then down?

  • @farmtomeme6265
    @farmtomeme6265 3 года назад +178

    "Hey everybody, today we're going to be clipping out of bounds and into the backrooms."

    • @xernotec
      @xernotec 3 года назад +9

      God. Not the backrooms, please

  • @SickndSoul
    @SickndSoul 3 года назад +461

    Now I'm trying to think of ways to implement this into my work environment lol. (pipe yard)

    • @AxxLAfriku
      @AxxLAfriku 3 года назад

      HELP!!! Everybody at my school cyberbullies me because they say my videos are extremely BAD!!! Please help me, dear nru

    • @madisonbrown8851
      @madisonbrown8851 3 года назад +22

      @@AxxLAfriku wut...

    • @ruggedrebel5727
      @ruggedrebel5727 3 года назад +35

      @@AxxLAfriku Just Turn Off your internet then.

    • @PixyMontoya
      @PixyMontoya 3 года назад +18

      @@AxxLAfriku stfu

    • @sofa-lofa4241
      @sofa-lofa4241 3 года назад +6

      @brutally_honest How about a weight attached to the inside of a pipe, then you could make it roll uphill like the foam ring, but only for half a turn of course,
      You could really freak people out by making a motorised weight so it runs continuously, you could use the motor and battery as the weight, a remote controlled version so you could start it rolling as your colleagues walk past would be the icing on the cake 🤣
      Happy building!

  • @adamr8628
    @adamr8628 9 дней назад

    Move barrels uphill effortlessly! Make this kind of ramp, and this kind of shaped barrels. I don't know if it would work if partially filled with liquid? But completely full it should work!

  • @MysteriousDream3021
    @MysteriousDream3021 Год назад

    I'm very great full for your videos and explanation 🙏🏻

  • @infalogger9697
    @infalogger9697 2 года назад +508

    When I read the title I said in my head : “I need this shape on my bike!”

    • @jamesortega8681
      @jamesortega8681 2 года назад +17

      IT ALSO MEANS YOULL PEDAL HARDER ON CERTAIN DOWNHILL SLOPES LMAO

    • @mrsprite399
      @mrsprite399 2 года назад +6

      No use, you'll have harder time getting downhill though.

    • @xrete
      @xrete 2 года назад +1

      oooooh

    • @thedudethatjustexists
      @thedudethatjustexists 2 года назад

      Sorry, but you will have to petal so hard that you will *die*

    • @thedudethatjustexists
      @thedudethatjustexists 2 года назад +1

      Or maybe, just remove the shape before going downhill, who thought of that?

  • @MrPAULONEAL
    @MrPAULONEAL 3 года назад +435

    That wooden object sinks into the opening therefore making it actually roll down instead of up.

    • @martinoamello3017
      @martinoamello3017 3 года назад +52

      There you go. I read through a bunch of comments to get to this one.. You win...
      An upward falling cookie!

    • @HazzyHazeI
      @HazzyHazeI 3 года назад +4

      exactly what I was thinking

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 3 года назад +34

      True if you look at the centermass of the wooden object from the side then its actually going down because the diameter gets smaller and some otherstuff thats hard to explain but you get the point

    • @nanamom7240
      @nanamom7240 3 года назад +1

      @@stonksrgud7645 You is grammar no sense

    • @stonksrgud7645
      @stonksrgud7645 3 года назад +5

      @@nanamom7240 you no understand?

  • @jerryrobinson7856
    @jerryrobinson7856 7 месяцев назад

    😮😮😮Question. If you took this wedge roller and at the fat end of the wedge track, the wedge roller drops into another wedge track at it narrow point and will it continue on? I.E. The inertia trusts the wedge roller onto the next track. 🎉?

  • @anildeshkar906
    @anildeshkar906 Год назад

    Very well explained. Good demo.

  • @SkinnerNoah
    @SkinnerNoah 3 года назад +239

    Instructions not clear enough: broke my legs falling up seven flights of stairs

    • @rangerdanger822
      @rangerdanger822 3 года назад +1

      I wanna like your comment but its on 69 so have a comment instead

    • @WorlWyrm
      @WorlWyrm 3 года назад +1

      @@rangerdanger822 not anymore

    • @deshmitter5717
      @deshmitter5717 3 года назад

      Sir this not a sufficient explanation. So it requires more reasoning in detail to unnderdtand.

  • @J.L81
    @J.L81 3 года назад +262

    Me: so does it fall down?
    The Action Lab: *WELL, YES BUT ACTUALLY NO*

    • @C-OCEAN
      @C-OCEAN 3 года назад +8

      Well yes,but actually no,but actually yes.

    • @shaneharding7399
      @shaneharding7399 3 года назад +1

      But actually no?? **science bending the laws of physics**

    • @krawleffect3789
      @krawleffect3789 3 года назад +1

      Its falls up so that it can fall down

  • @jabricks
    @jabricks 7 месяцев назад

    Same principle used in CVT pulley for matic motorbike.

  • @eugenec7130
    @eugenec7130 8 месяцев назад

    This is a trick of illusion. The triangular frame which looks ramping upward creates an illusion that the roller (which is shaped like 2 cones) is rolling upward. But in fact the roller drops lower because the frame gets wider. The effective height = center of roller to frame + frame height, gets lower as roller rolls toward the wider end of frame. Any object will move to a lower height if it is free to do so due to gravity. Thus the roller rolls toward the wider end of frame. The total effect is like a cylinder rolls down a descending ramp, with the ascending ramp here acting as an illusion.

  • @beckywillis9507
    @beckywillis9507 2 года назад +1034

    “Dr bright is no longer allowed to make 3D physical shapes that defy known laws of physics”

  • @chaewonstan90000
    @chaewonstan90000 3 года назад +311

    Further Explanation: The shape of the ramp (like

    • @rogg0224
      @rogg0224 2 года назад

      I know

    • @mayankpallewal
      @mayankpallewal 2 года назад +3

      I was thinking the same

    • @hieutruong7456
      @hieutruong7456 2 года назад +2

      Yes, you can see that overall, the rod of the rolling object is moving downwards

    • @Scrungge
      @Scrungge 2 года назад +5

      It wouldn't keep rolling forever right? It's only a trick that works for a tiny distance right?

    • @chaewonstan90000
      @chaewonstan90000 2 года назад +3

      @@Scrungge If the middle part was infinitely big, and so was the trail, but long, it will.. but the trail will have to be really resistant.

  • @roseheart270
    @roseheart270 Год назад +6

    Would be interesting to see this applied in Roman times over long distances. Carry it to position, fill the hollowed interior center, roll.

  • @user-jy2sz1jr9p
    @user-jy2sz1jr9p 6 месяцев назад +1

    This is also the explanation behind witches using brooms as a means of air transport.

  • @waterninjaish4476
    @waterninjaish4476 Год назад

    The shape that you used (the segment that ends at 1:42) is a cone, meaning it will widen before moving down the ramp.

  • @chaosryans
    @chaosryans Год назад +1180

    It widens faster than it slopes, and the wedge shaped object rolls into the gap. Its a cool effect and makes you think. A lot of demonstrations use a similar ramp, but this time it makes all the difference.

    • @Lootsizimanition
      @Lootsizimanition Год назад +6

      Yes. That's joke from 500 year B.C. and also just centre of mass is high

    • @josephbolt6203
      @josephbolt6203 Год назад +9

      ​@@coleh46 the centre of mass going lower essentially means that the object used its gravitational potential energy for motion. Similar how a ball rolls down hill. But in this case the object is able to use its gravitational potential energy to move seemingly up the slope even though its actually getting pulled lower by gravity, but thr shape of the slope and the object creates rotation to the right. Its definitely a pretty weird one. And it all has to do with the shape of the object and the shape of the track. IF THE TRACK was parallel it would not move upwards.

    • @jamespyacek2691
      @jamespyacek2691 Год назад +1

      @@coleh46 / The dude doesn't even talk about that.

    • @PreservationEnthusiast
      @PreservationEnthusiast Год назад +4

      Centre of mass is still moving down, and thus potential energy decreases, as the slope on the cone and distance between the tracks is greater per unit length than the longitudinal slope on the tracks. He didn't explain this properly. Switching to the balloons was not helpful.

    • @RonaldoXmadridEditz
      @RonaldoXmadridEditz 11 месяцев назад

      _L + Ratio_

  • @dilkahewage1901
    @dilkahewage1901 2 года назад +722

    Newton: discovers gravity
    Wierd shape: ...and I took that personally

    • @chavaspada
      @chavaspada 2 года назад +9

      It still goes down, it's just that the shape conceals the center of mass

    • @YplanAnimator
      @YplanAnimator 2 года назад +8

      @@chavaspada woooosh moment

    • @Error-ps3si
      @Error-ps3si 2 года назад +8

      @@YplanAnimator Look! We found the unfunny Redditor using something that's well overused!

    • @YplanAnimator
      @YplanAnimator 2 года назад +3

      @@Error-ps3si for you who think its cringe remember that most of the memes are from reddit

    • @weareafteryou3975
      @weareafteryou3975 2 года назад +1

      @Easy Gamer so… you? 😉

  • @magicman6749
    @magicman6749 Год назад +4

    “It’s not actually rolling upwards.” As you watch it roll upwards.. 😳

  • @koggy__
    @koggy__ 3 года назад +197

    Universe: gravity
    This cone: let’s pretend I didn’t see that

    • @kirkmobley9687
      @kirkmobley9687 3 года назад

      Hahaha

    • @onetiretom8640
      @onetiretom8640 3 года назад

      Yes. I feel like this video is physics for dumbies.

    • @AryanSharma-di3fb
      @AryanSharma-di3fb 3 года назад

      @@onetiretom8640 stfu

    • @onetiretom8640
      @onetiretom8640 3 года назад

      @@AryanSharma-di3fb calm down. No need to get your panties in a bunch.

    • @Laser-Creator
      @Laser-Creator 3 года назад

      @@AryanSharma-di3fb That's Toxic. Very Toxic! Where did ya get all the Toxicity from? Was it from a Nuclear Reactor? Or was it cause You are the Nuclear waste? Who knows... But kiddo Chill out. You're too hot Nuclear waste ain't supposed to be -2368°C. So, Will ya chill out?

  • @bme6907
    @bme6907 2 года назад +494

    rolling that glass beaker gave me anxiety.

    • @binodtharu4549
      @binodtharu4549 2 года назад +4

      Underrated comment. Take my like

    • @lemonybiscuits4824
      @lemonybiscuits4824 2 года назад +2

      I hope you have recovered by now. 😁

    • @lick28
      @lick28 2 года назад +12

      It's a cyclinder. Beakers are wider and look like pitchers.

    • @bme6907
      @bme6907 2 года назад +3

      @@lemonybiscuits4824 No, I have not. The cringe stays with me.

    • @lick28
      @lick28 2 года назад +2

      @@bme6907 that's mostly ornamental, we're in the context of functionality and science. It's not a beaker.

  • @AbsoluteSolver_Jimmy_the_Nub_S
    @AbsoluteSolver_Jimmy_the_Nub_S 4 месяца назад +1

    It’s weird that gravity has a way of making things that are shaped like that uncertain places roll upwards

  • @corriveau21
    @corriveau21 Год назад +2

    simle the diameter of the cone become smaller as you go up. I dare you to do the same with 2 parralel bloc, I assure you it won't work.

  • @KitsuneFyora
    @KitsuneFyora 3 года назад +81

    Gravity: "I need to make this thing fall to the ground...... *Notices an angled, upward slope* ......Perfect."

  • @yata3826
    @yata3826 3 года назад +191

    3:15 _The vacuum chamber made my anxiety chamber expand aswell_

    • @ri2882
      @ri2882 3 года назад +3

      fr my globophobia went 📈📈📈

    • @SCP--un2jo
      @SCP--un2jo 2 года назад +1

      Lol,I read this while the vacuum chamber scene happened

    • @elisabethsun7059
      @elisabethsun7059 2 года назад

      @@SCP--un2jo I read this right as it ended

  • @LandonWright-xo7lk
    @LandonWright-xo7lk 9 месяцев назад

    I know how this works (before watching)
    Its like a basket on your head that starts to fall forward.
    The forward momentum will propel you up on a low friction service

  • @lostbuffalo196
    @lostbuffalo196 4 месяца назад +1

    WOW. This is great. I think I'll try to make one and use it in a session of youth service at church and incorporate it with a Bible story. THANK YOU

  • @petermainwaringsx
    @petermainwaringsx 3 года назад +239

    When I was in school, about fifty years ago, I saw this demonstration and it was explained that the centre of gravity was getting lower. RUclips have finally caught up. 😆

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel 3 года назад +9

      Actually this isn’t even about the center of gravity, it’s the whole thing that actually goes downward. Basically this is just a trick that works by selecting the contact point in such a way that it goes downward in the opposite direction of the slope. Just replace the wedge by a groove with the same angle, and you’ll see that is actually goes down in the other direction.

    • @whi2gan
      @whi2gan 2 года назад +3

      @@TheVoitel I get what you’re saying, but a MASSIVE portion of both of the experiments IS still actually to do with ‘centre of gravity’, because none of the experiments would work if ‘centre of gravity’ was not in the equations.

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel 2 года назад

      @@whi2gan Well, argumenting using potential, yes. But my point is that the center of mass argument is unnescessarily obscure. Basically this video is claiming that this is happening because the center of mass is falling for inexplicable reasons. And I’m saying that there is a very clear principle why that happens. Maybe I worded that badly, I’m sorry. English is not my first language, so sometimes I use the language in ways that do not work.

    • @Kokobunney
      @Kokobunney 2 года назад +1

      Okay guys but this guy just said FIFTY years ago

    • @TheVoitel
      @TheVoitel 2 года назад

      @@Kokobunney Hate to break it to you, but they DID already have school fifty years ago.

  • @satanxavier777
    @satanxavier777 3 года назад +183

    Other shapes to Cone:
    "WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?"

  • @mixodorians12
    @mixodorians12 Год назад

    The wooden thing is shaped in a way that it's weight gives it forward momentum in between two pieces of wood set at an angle. It is going down and dropping, and that energy or force, is propelling it forward.

  • @caspermaster-com
    @caspermaster-com Год назад

    Almost feels like you could create a perpetual motion machine out of this. Like build a contraption under that it falls down upon, and then falls like normal all the way down and slings up to the starting position again

    • @GregEnsom
      @GregEnsom Год назад +2

      This is not possible because you have to remember that the center of gravity is never getting higher so it would slowly losing height overtime to continue movement.

  • @shadyshrimp4169
    @shadyshrimp4169 3 года назад +190

    Logic: Am I A Joke To You?
    Wierd Roller Thingy: *I Dont Even Know Who You Are.*

  • @finalfantasyenjoyer
    @finalfantasyenjoyer 3 года назад +740

    "hello everyone this is YOUR daily dose of internet"

    • @Emeraldpig52
      @Emeraldpig52 3 года назад +5

      LOL

    • @zeallust8542
      @zeallust8542 3 года назад +16

      Glad im not the only one who thinks they sound similar sometimes. I dont even watch either of these guys often either lol

    • @kianarambulo6588
      @kianarambulo6588 3 года назад +3

      OUR

    • @kratosmilos1204
      @kratosmilos1204 3 года назад +6

      @@kianarambulo6588 communist spotted !

    • @kalilal1824
      @kalilal1824 3 года назад

      I really do not like his voice. lol Or at least his tone of voice. That should have stopped long ago or at least improved.

  • @losonsrenoster
    @losonsrenoster 7 месяцев назад

    It is simple, the thickened taper in the middle rests on the angled triangular tracks and is forced lower by gravity towards the wider part of the tracks, which is the uphill side. This will not work if the tracks are parallel

  • @antichrist_revealed
    @antichrist_revealed 3 дня назад

    It rolls up by weight and pinch point. The triangle shape gets wider and the object gets pulled down by gravity into it, which reduces the pinch effect on the object. So it rolls in the direction of escape. If you tilted the base with the narrow end up higher, it will still roll towards the wider end. The reason it stops as you tilt the base is due to reaching a balance point that neutralizes the gravity pull.

  • @skle-ton7858
    @skle-ton7858 2 года назад +437

    " *Watchu know about rolling down in the deep* "
    Weird shape roll: *No*

  • @kuldeepsingh-lq2zc
    @kuldeepsingh-lq2zc 3 года назад +58

    Using the glass as the downward cylinder gave me massive anxiety 😂😂😂

    • @theravendoc3127
      @theravendoc3127 2 года назад +5

      I was about to say the same thing it was bothering the fuck out of me

    • @lgayle9050
      @lgayle9050 2 года назад

      Same