Coachella

Exhibiting the Flockwall at the Coachella Valley Arts and Music Festival was a success! We did have mechanical problems, but nonetheless, people loved it!

Thanks for all the "wow's"!

It was a long week for us; we were there since last tuesday setting up and came home (too) early monday morning. It was such an experience.

Pictures will be posted on my Flickr page. Please visit these albums sets that I have already posted.
-Assembly, process, and construction @ Cal Poly
-Construction @ Coachella
-Official Exhibition @ Coachella April 17-19

Please check back to my "sets" for more pictures on Coachella like the bands and other art installations. :-D

Official Flockbot Project Blogspot

Please go here for the official Flockbot project page :-D

My flockbot page is an account of my progress in the class, but now it is a class effort. I will update on my thoughts and other work that I have personally done on the project for this specific page.

Ciao!

The bird that *almost* flew

This was the first official bird that actually won the small design competition within the class, but because of fabrication difficulties (we needed fabrication to include vacuum forming and CNC-ing) we chose to have another small competition.

This is the laser-cut prototype of my bird that almost flew.

See us at Coachella (well, not this bird)!

the bird that didn't fly

2nd attempt in the flockbot design. yes, i know it looks very much like a stingray. maybe i did it to be sarcastic, maybe it was just coincidence that it turned out that way in reality.

_1_assembling the laser cut layers (side view)


top view
pers. view
_3_ coating the "flockbot" with resin layer and plaster strips
bottom view
top view
_4_ finished 'flockbot' with plaster coating over strips to smooth it out.

Visualization of the Spline Paths

More Birds Can Fly

Bird Can Fly

Keepon!

This is an interesting video on a little robot that was created mainly for autistic children. Well, this specific video is a music video for the band Spoon- featuring Keepon. The eyes are cameras and the nose is a microphone.

Obviously, this is an interactive robot.

Google "Keepon" for more info, or go to beatbots.org

The video link is here: Keepon dancing

The Crane Mechanism

grazie mateo, sei molto gentile per aiutarmi.

Birdie II

Birdie I

kinetic sculpture videos

Kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum (full length video) (i recommend watching the whole thing)

BMW (South Africa). Defining innovation

Joe Gilbertson Kinetic Sculpture

Concept Birds as Modules

Concept Birds as Modules

Possible Sites

Images:
Chapultepec, Mexico City
An Exhibition Center
San Francisco Pier 41
Rockerfeller Center, New York

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