ECAC/McKnight Individual Artist Grant Interactive Sculpture Animatronic Bird COME SEE THE GALLERY DEBUT OF ROBOBIRD II: Gallery 135 in Franklin Square Mall, Downtown St.Croix Falls 125 S. Washington St. Croix Falls, WI. 54024 (715) 483-3135 Come see Robobird II & the Peeps sing "I feel better than James Brown", a song made famous by the group WAS, NOT WAS on their 1990 album Are You OK?. March 15th, 2008 10:00 to 4:00 Artwork on display to the public 4:00 to 5:00 Wine & Cheese Reception – Visit with David and the Gallery 5:00 to 6:00 Presentation, Performance & Q&A Download the Press Release SHOW DATA
	TOTAL MOVEMENTS 1. Body Up/Down 2. Left Wing Up/Down 3. Left Wing In/Out 4. Right Wing Up/Down 5. Right Wing In/Out 6. Neck Up/Down 7. Neck Left/Right 8. Mouth 9.Eyes 10. Crest 11. Eyelids 12. Perch Left/Right 13. Peep 1 14. Peep 2	SHOW CONTROL SOFTWARE Brookshire Software VSA SERVO CONTROL BOARDS 3 - MiniSSC II's CONTROL COMPUTER PIII 500Mhz 256MB RAM COMING SOON: VIDEO OF THE PERFORMANCE!
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SCROLL DOWN TO SEE WORK IN PROGRESS! ENJOY! Beginning of the perch . Perch will rotate 45 degrees left and right of center. The two stubby pipes are the parrots legs and the metal between them is the main body mount. The body will pivot on two sintered bronze bearings that will support the entire weight of the bird.
The start of the aluminum body.
Test fitting the body on the perch. Had to make a few adjustments to center the body between the legs.
LEFT WING The next pictures are trying to get the wing assembly figured out. Once I get it, I'll just duplicated it on the right side!
Headless body back on perch, left wing finished.
First of three servo driver boards installed.
Can you see the bird, yet?
Power/Network cables
Servo driver board & terminal strip.
Neck attached with test eyes.
Almost ready to do a test power up!
Final head attached. Powered up with no smoke!
A foil beak - light weight and cheep!
Eyebrows attached
Front view of head & body with wings extended.
Bird Stand with show computer, sound system & fusion reactor.
What is that??!!!
Close-up of sonar unit. Green board at the top is the on-board processor.
Eyelid assembly attached on the right.
Head with copper crest installed
Adding second eyelid and eyebrows. I took the beak off for better access.
Peep One, a backup singer, drinking out of a Sleeping Dragon Studios coffee mug (avalible now in the giftshop).
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