Environmental art is art that addresses social and political issues relating to the natural and urban environment TATE art term Overview Reading Watching Project Water Wind Light Air Other Overview Reading: A Rough Guide to Environmental Art John E. Thornes Read more…
We made a prototype wheg (wheel = leg) robot. The robot can conquer surprisingly difficult terrain, especially considering it’s mostly made of cardboard and hot glue!
Reinforcement learning is a type of machine learning where an agent (e.g. a robot) learns from trying different actions and seeing the result of those actions. For example a robot that is supposed to walk could try different motions of Read more…
This 3D-printed RC car has some nice design elements Laser cut frame Simple 3D printed steering 3D printed tires Metal threaded inserts in the 3D printed parts to accept bolts (M3x4 knurled insert nuts) Vented body housing electronics 18650 battery Read more…
“RHex is an autonomous robot design, based on hexapod with compliant legs and one actuator per leg. A number of US universities have participated, with funding grants also coming from DARPA. Versions have shown good mobility over a wide range of terrain types[1] at speeds exceeding five body lengths per second (2.7 m/s), Read more…
These robots are noteworthy for how they intereact with their environment, rather than how they locomote over sand. 1. BeBot A new robot called the BeBot is designed to help clean up smaller plastic waste, traveling back and forth on Read more…
The study concerning animal locomotion over granular surfaces (here) inspired me to look into animal adaptations to travelling over (or through) sand, as well as robots designed to mimic them. The sidewinder snake is one of the most iconic desert Read more…
This blog post is going to walk you through some of the interactive light art installations. Volume – SOFTlab Volume is an interactive cube of responsive mirrors that redirect light and sound to spatialize and reflect the excitement of surrounding festival Read more…
This blog post will introduce some robotics project using cardboard, cardboard robot exercise, and the fabrication instructions when using cardboard. Cardboard robot projects Zuri Robot DASH: a DIY Origami Robot Prototyping Folded Robots Easy Cardboard Robot Other projects Fabrication Cardboard Read more…
For this week’s research, I mainly researched performance arts in the desert. There are very few relevant projects if one only defines performance as something related to dance, acting, and other expressions. So I broadened the definition of “performance art” as Read more…