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Images from the first performance @ Kampnagel, Hamburg November 1998
A six-legged, pneumatically powered walking
machine has been constructed for the body.
The locomotor, with either ripple or tripod gait ,
moves fowards, backwards, sideways and turns
on the spot. It can also squat and lift by splaying or
contracting its legs. The body is positioned on a
turn-table, enabling it to rotate about its axis.
It has an exoskeleton on its upper body
and arms. The left arm is an extended arm
with pneumatic manipulator having 11
degrees-of- freedom. It is human-like in form
but with additional functions. The fingers
open and close , becoming multiple
grippers. There is individual flexion of the
fingers, with thumb and wrist rotation. The body
actuates the walking machine by moving its arms.
Different gestures make different
motions- a translation of limb to leg motions.
The body's arms guide the choreography of the
locomotor's movements and thus compose the
cacophony of pneumatic and mechanical and
sensor modulated sounds....
Sponsored by SMC Pneumatik GmbH and SMC Pneumatics (Australia)
A recent performance in Prague is documented @ http://foundation.terminal.cz
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