Robert Lang was a physicist with NASA until 20 years ago, doing research on lasers. In 2001, Robert Lang decided to leave his job with NASA and work on a childhood passion of his, the Japanese art of paper-folding. Now, 19 years later, Robert Lang is a legend in the world of Origami and he uses his origami to create intricate designs that apply the many complex principles of origami to major engineering processes and dilemmas.