WATCH THE CLEARWALKER light up and DIP ITS TOES
[Jeremy Cook]’s newest take on the Strandbeest, the ClearWalker, is ready to roll! He’s been at work on this project for a while, and walks us through the electronics and control system as well as final assembly tweaks. The ClearWalker is fully controllable and includes a pan and tilt video camera as well as programmable LED segments, and even a tail.
When we last saw [Jeremy] at work on this design, it wasn’t yet functional. He showed us all the essential design and assembly details that went into creating a motorized polycarbonate version of [Theo Jansen’s] classic Strandbeest design; there’s far much more to the process than simply scaling parts up or down. Happily, [Jeremy] is able to show off the crystal clear charm in his photo gallery as well as a new video, embedded below.
Any incarnation of the Strandbeest is fascinating to watch, and it’s even better seeing different takes on the concept, even (or especially) ones as unconventional as the hybrid Strandbeest Bicycle.