EVENT FOR EXTENDED BODY AND WALKING MACHINE


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....


CREDITS
Concept and Performance STELARC
Walking Machine
Design/Construction Tom Diekmann, Stefan Doepner, Gwendolin Taube
Electronics and Programming Lars Vaupel
Technical Assistance Joy Wagner
Manipulator
Construction Jan Cummerow
Programming Ulf Freyhoff
Computer Simulation Steve Middleton
An association at Kampnagel Hamburg between Stelarc and F18/Diekmann Enterprises.
Sponsored by SMC Pneumatik GmbH and SMC Pneumatics (Australia)


A recent performance in Prague is documented @ http://foundation.terminal.cz