ucsd-et4a

Biomimicry

Ian Ingram, Doctor Maggotty is Anxious about The End (2015)

Robot that uses the beak-wiping gesture of the Eurasian Magpie to relay messages to those around: to magpies that it is very well-fed yet nervous; to humans that know Morse code that it is in a state of constant mourning.rms.

Description

1. Ideation:
   • What sort of biological behavior do you want to make? (Discuss)
   • Will the device have “beliefs”, “behaviors”, “desires”?
   • Physically, what will your object be?
2. Design
3. Fabrication
4. Program

Submission

1. Sketchbook Updates:
   • sketches; circuit designs; photographs of parts/components; process images/videos; photos of final product; any notes, narrative about process.
2. Submission:
   • Photographs of the final product
   • Video of the project in motion
   • Upload all of these files to Canvas
     • (use the naming convention p1_Lastname_1.jpg and p1_Lastname.svg p1_Lastname.3dm for the files.)

DUE 10/23/2023 (Wednesday) to Canvas

References

Other biomimicry examples:

John Strope - DIY Animatronics and other work

• DIY Animatronic Eyeball
• Giraffe Enrichment Design

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Ian Ingram other work:

• Marvelous Meat
• Ziggy Dirtdust (2020)
• instagram.com/ian_ingram

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Inmi Lee

• I love you (Love In The Absence of Intelligence) 2011
• How Well is your Backyard 2023 (Wimmee - Inmi Lee and Yunmi Her)
• other works

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Marguerite Humeau

• The Rebirth of Prehistoric Creatures
• making of video
• instagram.com/marguerite_humeau

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Facehead Co

• instagram.com/faceheadface