Kinetic sculptures

tomasz

YouTube - Theo Jansen - Kinetic Sculptor

Theo Jansen is the Dutch creator of what he calls "Kinetic Sculptures," where nature and technology meet. Essentially these sculptures are robots powered by the wind only.

[flash=480,385:3jz1mi7c]http://www.youtube.com/v/WcR7U2tuNoY&hl=en_US&fs=1[/flash:3jz1mi7c]

YouTube - Theo Jansen - Animaris Rhinoceros

[flash=480,385:3jz1mi7c]http://www.youtube.com/v/Y2KkGFuRLew&hl=en_US&fs=1[/flash:3jz1mi7c]

@unknownuser said:

The walls between art and engineering exists only in our minds

olishea

is this for real?

tomasz

It's real, not a computer generated image. He calls his creations "Strandbeests" which is Dutch for "Beach Animals".

solo

Whoah!! how's that for a job?

I can so see some of his stuff in a scifi movie.

This is friggin awesome, thanks for sharing.

pilou

@unknownuser said:

is this for real?

Of course yes!
Some works alone with the wind and water!
[flash=640,385:3a9np1ow]http://www.youtube.com/v/b694exl_oZo&hl[/flash:3a9np1ow]
Absolutly marvelous!

pilou

At the opposite but not so bad too
[flash=640,385:7h6eim8w]http://www.youtube.com/v/nUQsRPJ1dYw&hl[/flash:7h6eim8w]

sound off for this follow
[flash=400,326:7h6eim8w]http://video.google.com/googleplayer.swf?docid=5349770802105160028&hl[/flash:7h6eim8w]

olishea

its amazing how life-like robotic movement has become. marvelous!

you say they are powered by wind....but how exactly? i mean look at the rhinoceros...where are the 'sails' as evidenced in the other creations? and in other examples; how can the joints move when the sails are static?I can understand an oscillating sail providing a rotation but a static one?!!! eh!

[edit] oh I now know how the rhinoceros works.....there is a man pushing it from behind haha you can see his feet if you look closely! d'oh!

Rodentpete

@olishea said:

how can the joints move when the sails are static?I can understand an oscillating sail providing a rotation but a static one?!!! eh!

Some of the creatures store energy as compressed air in bottles so they can move when there is no wind.

Bryan K

I saw this maybe a year or so ago. I'm still amazed and impressed.