Joseph Herscher is a YouTube personality known for his channel Joseph's Machines.
Herscher is a kinetic artist who specializes in making comical chain-reaction machines.
He made his first machine when he was five, the Lolly Machine.He was a 2013 Artist-in-Residence at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation in Charlotte, NC.Joseph grew up in New Zealand and now lives in New York City, where he continues to create his eccentric machines.
He is also a public speaker.
Joseph created and starred in the 2015 comedy web series Jiwi's Machines.
In July 2019, he launched a new web series, What's Your Problem?, co-created with Gemma Gracewood and made by Augusto Entertainment.
Many of Herscher’s devices are referred to as Rube Goldberg machines.
The name comes from the famous American cartoonist Rube Goldberg who drew complex gadgets that performed simple tasks in indirect and complicated ways.