THEO JANSEN, kinetic sculptor

simon le bon

A total poetic fantasy from:

Téo Jansen

pictures and videos from Strandbeest,Théo Jansen's Home

I would like having one day the occasion to contemplate its wild creatures self animated by their own vitality, wander indefinitely along Netherlands' beaches.

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Explanations in TEDconference

If we can easily find T. Jansen's basic working of walking technique,

and an idea of the use of sails,

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i havn't found nothing on the storage and use of wind energy through soda bottles and pistons.

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I think Théo Jansen's beache creatures will drive my first exercises with SketchyPhysics when i will begin with it..

:-)simon

pilou

You can see a study in Phun (crazy 2D Physics)
Some Phun files Theo Jansen Walker here

Gaieus

Hi Simon,

Long time no see! Nice "re-entry" - thanks for the post; really interesting, I love it!

simon le bon

thank you chango70 to come and give us your enthusiasm.

dearGaieus, hope you fell good. So kind to you to notice my absence as well as my return..I was not far from SCF, i alway have continued to go around with the forum.

thank you Pilou to help me learn a little more. Here is a small video made with what i've found with your Phun links.
[flash=437,348:1c7kdme5]http://www.viddler.com/simple/89295b4c/file=http://www.viddler.com/explore/slb02/videos/11/[/flash:1c7kdme5]
;-)simon

chango70

I love this guy! Good luck with the Sketchy Physics model. Keep us informed!

mitcorb

Hi, Simon:
Quote: "i havn't found nothing on the storage and use of wind energy through soda bottles and pistons."
The bottles and pistons are really storage of air/moisture for solar gain and this is what activates the pistons, somewhat like a Stirling engine.
mitcorb

d12dozr

Haha, someone has made a Hamster Powered Gakken Strandbeest

YouTube - Hamster Powered Walker
[flash=480,385:34d2p42n]http://www.youtube.com/v/A3iP0NGDDao?fs=1&hl=en_US[/flash:34d2p42n]

simon le bon

@mitcorb said:

The bottles and pistons are really storage of air/moisture for solar gain and this is what activates the pistons, somewhat like a Stirling engine.
mitcorb

mitcorb

http://web.mit.edu/2.670/www/spotlight_2005/engine_anim.html

Hi d12dozr
What a brave princess - - top Jansen's kinetic transposition

++simon

d12dozr

...and now a mini 3D printed version you can order for yourself!

YouTube - Animarus Geneticus Parvus running on a string