====== BRAINBOX - KINETIC SCULPTURE ======
=== Students learn: ===
^Curriculum  ^Learning Activities          ^
|SCIENCE     |Integrating elements through experimentation and/or data collection |
|TECHNOLOGY  |Use technology to automate, record and/or enhance the art work |
|ART         |How the parts are put together in creative ways to form a new aesthetic (art) |
|ENGINEERING |How to design and build to incorporate one or more moving sculptural elements |
|MATHEMATICS |Explaining any part of the work using authentic data and/or formula(s) |

=== Make a 'Kinetic Sculpture' that is inspired by galloping horses and made using 'found objects' ===

{{ youtube>MYGJ9jrbpvg?640x360 |Strandbeest - A kinetic sculpture}}
=== Video 1. Theo Jansen - Example Kinetic Sculpture ===
  * IF YOUTUBE FAILS, TRY VIEWPURE:[[http://viewpure.com/MYGJ9jrbpvg|Strandbeest - A kinetic sculpture]]

FIXME

=== What does the word 'inspired' mean? === 

Does 'inspired by a galloping horse' mean that your sculpture/art has to look like a galloping horse?

Example kinetic sculpture resources/references:
  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qs88aC0k0yI ...OR... http://viewpure.com/qs88aC0k0yI
  * http://www.arvindguptatoys.com/toys/Kinetichorse.html (see next entry)
  * http://scottburns.us/walking-mechanism/
  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LeBiqVJrJ08 ...OR... http://viewpure.com/LeBiqVJrJ08
  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK3YPHbpVzI ...OR... http://viewpure.com/KK3YPHbpVzI
  * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4q0zBWG-Sso ...OR... http://viewpure.com/4q0zBWG-Sso

{{ :brainbox:young-artists:kinetichorse08.jpg?640 |Kinetic Horse}}
=== Fig 1. Kinetic horse sculpture components ===

{{:brainbox:young-artists:jansen-linkage.jpg?320|Kinetic horse linkages}}[[http://scottburns.us/walking-mechanism/|{{:brainbox:young-artists:third-iteration-lengths.jpg?380|Kinetic horse -Example component sizes}}]]
=== Fig 2. Example mathematically optimal sizes ===

=== Strandbeest - An openly designed Creative Commons licensed robot ===
What you see here is Beta 1 of the Jansen walker, a laser-cut robot, based on the Jansen Mechanism. It has 8 legs and scuttles similar to a crab walking sideways. The brain is a Arduino, and the legs are powered by 2 micro-servos modified for continuous rotation.

The Beta 2 plans contain several improvements (not pictured), including 3 pairs of leg on each side instead of 2, a drop-in platform for the center, also several other small improvements, and improved building plans. http://4volt.com/projects/jansen/#2

http://hacknmod.com/hack/how-to-build-your-own-diy-animal-theo-jansen-strandbeest/


{{youtube>d1_lEzKclBI?640x360|Styrofoam Kinetic sculpture}}
=== Fig 3. Make a Styrofoam Kinetic Sculpture ===
  * IF UNABLE TO ACCESS YOUTUBE VIDEO (requires Flash) TRY:[[http://viewpure.com/d1_lEzKclBI|Styrofoam Kinetic sculpture]]


====== Appendix ======
DIY Paper Kinetic Horse:
  * http://clockworkrobot.com/horse/

Amanda Ghassaei Walking machine plans:
  * http://www.amandaghassaei.com/projects/mechanical_walking_machine/
  * http://www.amandaghassaei.com/files/thesis.pdf

Popsicle Stick Strandbeest
  * http://davidpetersen.blogspot.com.au/2015/12/scratch-built-strandbeest-model.html

Miscellaneous:
  * http://www.diyourself.ru/technology/develop-your-own-strandbeest-in-10-steps-do-it.html