MechanismsandThingsThatMove

April 5, 2007:

Edward Ihnatowicz - The Senster

INFO:

-1970-1974 commisioned by Phillips for their show room/museum in Eindhoven, The Netherlands

-first computer controlled interactive robotic artwork

-15 ft long/high

-welded out of steel tubing

-Input: dual microphones, dual doppler radar, potentiometers on joints

-Output: 8 hydraulic actuators, 16 bits of lightbulbs for debugging

-Philips P9201 computer with 8k of memory, punched paper tape, teletype console

IMAGES:

The Senster

the computer

example code

movie

MID-TERM PRESENTATION

for myself and Toshi Ozawa:

Mechanical Logic

and video of air xor gate.

[sketch for a normally open valve]

[Free Body Diagram - Toilet]

By the way, This link explains the drawing part and different forces pretty well.

Assignment 1

background and personal info

My bio is up on my website, .

interesting mechanism

A robotic self-assembling chair/table. Designed by Raffaello D'Andrea, Max Dean and Matt Donavan.