Project DescriptionsSusan Alexander:CARTWHEELSCartwheels are a collection of characters mounted on rotating shafts. As they turn they appear like circus acrobatic clowns performing for an audience.
NERVOUS PEOPLE
Steve Brudniak:THREE INTERACTIVE WORKS OF ARTA master of incorporating modern and antiquated technology, Steve will present three interactive pieces to stimulate your senses and expand your mind. "Model for a Tumultuous Subconscious" -Hidden gyro within a disk that can be manipulated by the viewer. The piece uses an electric meter. "Cerebrum Lavatio" -translates literally as "Brain Wash", which will demonstrate several hydraulic effects including liquid molecular adhesion and surface tension. "Instrument for the Transformation of Paleographic Memory" - Will demonstrate fiber optic effects on memory. L.E.D.s are components of this piece.
Brooks Coleman:TAI CHI CHARLIETai Chi Charlie is basically one of the Tai Chi Arm robots with a set of eyeballs that can move. The eyes can move side to side and up and down. A remote controlled device strapped to the head of the actor/operator controls the movement of the eyeballs on Charlie. The Tai Chi arm gripper is now the mouth for Tai Chi Charlie. This piece is a one of a series of theatrical robots actors being designed for the stage by Brooks Coleman.
GREAT WALL OF GIZMOS
TV EYES
FISH FACE by David Santos and Brooks Coleman
Butch Edwards:3D VISION R/C CONTROLLED ROBOTThe components of this project are 2 color cameras and 2 transmitters mounted on a R/C car which project their images back to 2 miniature TV's on the viewer's helmet. Each camera and transmitter are broadcasting and receiving independent signals so the images projected on the the miniature TV's are 3D images.
ROBOT KITS
Bill Craig:BABBLING ROBOT HEAD by Brooks Coleman, Bill Craig and Alex IlesA prime example of our group's efforts to meld art and technology. Natural carved woods are combined with an exhibit controller board that operate a series of hobby servo motors that move the lips, eyeballs and neck areas.
HEXAPOD WALKER by Bill Craig & Brooks Coleman
C.R.A.S.H.C.R.A.S.H.The Computer, Robotics & Arts Society of Houston will be exhibiting their work in robotics and virtual reality.
DIGITAL THEATRE by C.R.A.S.H. and Robot Group Members
Don Colbath:HOVERCRAFT '96This year's attempt to lift your off your feet. Constructed of an inner tube and a 8 hp vacuum blower it creates just enough air pressure flow to make riders hover.
TUNE TONE
GIZMO BOX
HAND SHAKER
HEX WALKER
Glenn R. Currie:DWEEBVISIONThe Dweebvision vehicle is a radio controlled toy car, equipped with Pixelvision video camera and transmitter. The person at the control station sees and hears the world in Dweebvision, and can control the car as it navigates its surroundings by viewing a monitor.
ROBOTIC MOBILE PLATFORM The restricted base diameter allows the RMP to fit through normal doors and it can make use of handicap ready buildings by driving up wheel chair ramps thus giving the robot considerable capability to travel outside the typical lab environment. The RMP uses radio MODEMs for telemetry back to a base station computer, running the Linux system with X-Windows. The operator may drive the robot by using a joy stick on the base station and watching a live video picture appearing on an optional X-Window.
MEGABOT ROBOT ARMY by Glenn Currie and Normal Annal Bob Ross assisted in the CAD design work and Doug King , of Capital City Container who has adopted this project, assisted in providing materials and CCC's computer controlled cutter.
Tom Davidson & Sonia Santana:ROBOVISIONA quick virtual reality (VR) hacked project that provides a possible view of a robot's vision. The project's components are two VictorMaxx Stuntmaster VR headsets which have their video inputs wired to microvideo cameras which then pick up other telepresence bot video feeds.
SCHWA STAY AWAKE SUMOU ROBOT
Alex Iles:LASER SCANNER by Alex Iles & Bill CraigThe Robot Group's laser scanner effort seeks to hack a state of the art proximity mapping system on a shoestring budget. Engineers, Bill Craig and Alex Iles, are building on previous experience in robotics research with the Odetics gantry mounted laser scanner.
Vadim Konradi:THE MOBILE PLATFORM is a series of developmental prototypes that are the design work of Vadim Konradi. The Platform is a general purpose robot base. The mobile platform project is designed to provide ground-based mobility to experimental sensor and control systems, allowing them to traverse level surfaces such as building floors, and possibly streets and backyards. Think of it as a Hero robot on steroids.
Fred Mitchum:SPACE AGE AMBIENT MUSIC Austin's favorite ambient space age musician. Fred is the court theme musician to The Robot Group. Appearance on Sunday afternoon only.
North Shore Circuit Designs:BRAIN/TECH by Paco Xander Nathan and Bill CraigA demonstration of video processing for pattern analysis. Images are taken and are used to provide recognition templates. These templates are then used to recognize objects in a new video stream.
Marcos Novak & Crew:DANCING WITH THE VIRTUAL DERVISH: WORLDS IN PROGRESS"In its present disincarnation, consists of a series of interconnected cyberspace 'chambers.' Each chamber is a world unto itself, but each chamber has portals to every other chamber, forming a fully connected lattice. As a work, it is non-hierarchical, non-teleological, and inherently open-ended. A person navigating through these chambers is free to explore a series of landscapes and to discover their apparent or hidden features. It is unlikely that anyone, myself included, will ever exhaust the variety of subtle algorithmic wonders that may be encountered, since they are intimately related not only to the logic of their programs, but to the unforeseeable circumstances and patterns of each person's passage through the spaces." -M.N. The demonstration of the Worlds in Progress will occur at Sutton Hall on U.T.'s campus which is very near to Dobie Mall. In addition Mr. Novak is scheduled to speak at 1:00 p.m. on Sunday afternoon in the Speakers Room (Suite #130) at Dobie Mall.
Zachary PettichordZach's robot is called R-24."I made this robot because of my interest in Legos. This robot is equipped with motorized treads and weapons necessary for survival. I am ten years old and go to Brentwood Elementary."
David Santos & Friends:PROTOANDROID by David Santos and Brooks ColemanThis partially completed humanoid robotics test bed is intended to explore various aspects of "android" design.
HYPERHUMANOID (H2) by David Santos and Brooks Coleman
ORCA (aka Commander Salamander)
VARMINT and PIT BULL by David Santos and Brooks Coleman.
MOBILE OUTREACH LAN
SILICON BARRIO
CHICANO FIELD OPERATIONS COMMAND CENTER
ROBOTS OF THE FUTURE WALL MURAL
THE FLYING SPHERE AIRCRAFT/VIDEO by George Parks and David Santos.
BIPEDAL ORNITHOPTER & ORIGINAL SWIMMING FISH VIDEO
EARLY ROBOT GROUP HISTORY
Pete Sevcik:TECHNO-STUFF ROBOTICSBuilding robots and cars from lego bricks and controlling them from a home PC via a wireless infra-red link.
Alex Stohl:REACTION ROBOTIt's LED (Light Emitting Diode) eyes blink and it makes a buzzing noise when it runs into something. It's operated by remote control. It moves forwards and backwards-right. Alex assembled the electronics by following an illustrated diagram. In the buzzer circuit he used a mercury switch. A mercury switch is a tube filled with mercury. On one side of the tube is two prongs. When the head tilts forwards, the mercury flows over the two prongs and completes the circuit. The LEDs are connected to a LED flasher chip and a capacitor. The robot moves via a remote-controlled car chassis. The antenna sticking out of the robot's head is the antenna to the car.
Tim Stone:NEGATIVE HEADPart of the planned robot theatre production project being directed by Brooks Coleman. Negative Head is made from street lamp parts and servos. It creates face movements by overlaying transparent patterns on grids.
Ed Travis:SHARK ROBOTFeatured on Jim Swift's "Back Porch" segment, Channel 36 KXAN, this robot has created quite a stir in local waters. A six foot robotic shark which can swim and has the ability to dive. The robot's movement and ability to dive is controlled with bladders. A trolling motor powers the robot. Video of the robot swimming will be presented. (We didn't have a tank big enough to do a live demonstration.)
U.T. Rube Goldberg Competition Team:The Univeristy of Texas - American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) entry into this year's National Rube Goldberg Machine Contest at Purdue. The 47-step machine and its crew won third place. The machine based on Wile E. Coyote's dream of catching the Road Runner will make be on hand for demonstrations. "Road Runner the Coyote is after you ..Beep Beep!"Greg Chandler who led the team will be on hand to brief the audience on the machine's design and the Rube Goldberg competition. His talk is scheduled for 10:30 a.m. on Saturday in the Speaker's room (Suite #130) Dobie Mall.
John Witham & Karen PittmanMANDALA SYSTEMCreators of a Musi-Graphic Hyperinstrument using external VR or the Mandala System. Designed to provide interactive interface for producing music and controlling computer graphics by interpreting body movements.
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