the toybot's name is Giovanni and he can walk...

[jens g.r. benthien]

hi guys & girls,

had some minutes today and wanted to squeeze my new machine a bit.

download the avi here:

http://jens.highspeedweb.net/samples/giovanni01.exe

It's 580 k in size.

it's a selft extracting archive - just double click it and the result is an *.avi.

It's a bit tricky to make him walk, but I think there is much more we can do with him.

let me know what you think about the 'animation studies'

Sorry for the wrong posting in the LW hat thread - seems infopoop is off the track tonight ;-}

jens

jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net

[jens g.r. benthien]

hi guys & girls,

had some minutes today and wanted to squeeze my new machine a bit.

download the avi here:

http://jens.highspeedweb.net/samples/giovanni01.exe

It's 580 k in size.

it's a selft extracting archive - just double click it and the result is an *.avi.

It's a bit tricky to make him walk, but I think there is much more we can do with him.

let me know what you think about the 'animation studies'

Sorry for the wrong posting in the LW hat thread - seems infopoop is off the track tonight ;-}

jens

jens g.r. benthien
designer
http://jens.highspeedweb.net

[Gary David Bouton]

Hi Jens--

I like what you've done...in fact I'm such a wimp at criticism that I like *everything* that people have been submitting.

This is whay I'm glad Sharon volunteered to bring all of this together.

A word of caution: If you're going to make a toybot the hero of this collaboration, you probably should make one that works, from an architecture point of view. This means a wind up key or knob, the stupid-looking feet that keeps the bot rightside up, and a construction that is well-weighted. This will take some thought.

Also keep in mind that paper decals are common on wind-up toys, you know, meters and dials and stuff. I'm posting this to the other thread, too.


Best Regards,

Gary David Bouton
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