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This servo-controlled sculpture is constructed of aluminum and
plastic and is pneumatically driven. Skeletal Reflection resembles
a humanoid skeletal form. A advanced telemetry suit will allow
a participant to teach the machine behaviors. The machine has
34 degrees of freedom including fully articulated hands and a
fully articulated spine; later, the capacity of multiple
facial expressions. Designed to reflect commonality with humankind,
some of the expressions this humanoid machine will manifest are
fear, anger, joy, sorrow, surprise and impatience.
"Skeletal
Reflection" was featured in the "Humankind" Exhibition at Expo2000
in Hannover Germany, where it operated daily from 1 June 2000 to
31 October 2000. Up to 30,000 viewers per day encountered the machine's
graceful movements and its reflection upon continuous change of our natural
environment.
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