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IDEAS
 FOR
 ROBOTS

Here I will be listing all  the ideas I have been thinking about for robot art projects. If you find any of  these ideas particularly of interest, please let me know. And remember,  everything is possible.

 

 
TALKING TO
THE DEAD

 8/1/00
I'd like to try to animate  a human spinal cord...the kind you see at chiropractor's offices. The base of  the scull might hold a video camera. A group of these strange-looking backbones  facing each other and in motion, may be a very bizarre sight, especially if they  appear to be in conversation.

 

VIRTUAL
REALITY
  BLIMP

 

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We plan to build a 24' long  by 6' diameter blimp using K'Nex construction kits. The blimp will be controlled remotely via a radio-control system. The blimp will be installed with two small  video cameras with a wireless 
connection to a virtual reality headset. The pan  and pitch of the cameras can be controlled by the tilting of the head.

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BACKHOE
ANT

6/15/00
A giant ant could be built  by mounting six backhoes together on a specially-made chasse. A simple Lego  Computer Brick could be programmed to operate the backhoes in such a way that  the entire sculpture could walk like an ant. (Budget $10,000) This might seem  difficult, but it's all doable and fairly easily. I could see this sponsored by  the Lego Company or John Deer.

 

WATER
SPIDERS

 

 

5/19/00
We are building a series of  water spiders that dance  around the spider_only.jpg (15632 bytes)
circle in Waterplace Park in Providence, or  any small pond. (Budget $5000) The center of the water-spider robot would be a  2-foot diameter 
clear plastic sphere (I have lots of them). A motor unit is  fixed to the interior of the sphere. If the weight of the motor is set  off-center of the axis, the sphere will spin in the water instead of the motor.  Paddle-like fins will be attached to the sphere creating the propulsion.

 
Eight copper tubing legs  with Styrofoam feet attached to one end create the spider's legs. If the whole  leg unit is attached to the motor shaft it will stabilize the robot and protect  the clear plastic center from collision damage.

 
Infrared distance sensors  can inform the robot brain if another water spider is approaching or any object  for that matter. Evasive maneuvers can be triggered creating a random dance of  water spiders.

 

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