Robotics
| Inspired by Theo Jansen's Strandbeest sculptures, the 16-legged Aluminalis robot looks at once friendly and intimidating. The robot was built by the family-based team, Beatty Robotics. |
The 16-legged robot Aluminalis was inspired by the renown Dutch artist Theo Jansen and his wonderful Strandbeest creatures. Jansen builds the large kinetic sculptures out of PVC plastic pipes on beaches in the Netherlands and his awesome sculptures are actually wind driven, rather than motor driven, which makes them even more impressive.
Designed and built by the family-based Beatty Robotics, the robot was also inspired by Jason Allemann's video of a Leggo steampunk walking ship.
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The Beattys sketched the original concept for Aluminalis on paper and then designed the various components in SolidWorks
. In total, Aluminalis consists of 846 individual components.Jansen always refers to his creations as living animals, for in his heart and mind they are new forms of life.
"In honor of Theo’s amazing work, we have adopted Theo’s view on this issue, and we’ve also adopted his naming convention, which is to give each species of artificial animal a scientific name with the genus Animaris. So, the full name of our creature is Animaris Aluminalis," writes the Beattys on their blog.
As far as we know, Animaris Aluminalis is the only aluminum strandbeest alive today, although we expect them to multiply over time like all living creatures. We would also like to thank Jason Allemann for posting his excellent Youtube video of his Leggo steampunk walking ship, which was also a big inspiration for us.
SOURCE Beatty Robotics
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