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Celoon Dion
Chaos is always better in pairs, and with this in mind Celoon Dion was built as a companion piece for Gooestoph. Building on the basic concept I added in a spring loaded articulating head to give me greater possibilities for interaction with viewers. The springs protect the servo motors from being damaged when spectators give…
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Lester Beaver Pearson
Lester is a rideable electric beaver, and a rolling mascot for all things Canadian. Built in 2015 for the Calgary Maker Faire, Lester has since been involved in numerous Canada Day festivities, multiple citizenship ceremonies, and plenty of other shenanigans. Underneath the covers Lester began life as a pair of surplus wheelchair motors, from there…
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Goosetoph
Goosetoph is a radio controlled puppet based around a plastic goose decoy. Originally built in a couple days as a mechanical prototype to test the diamond shaped drive system (two drive wheels in the middle, a single caster at each end), he has now become a popular, albeit unsanctioned, addition to many festivals and events.…
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David Bynoe
Kinetic Sculpture, Electronics, Robot Wildlife
Mission:
We at the Canadian Robot Wildlife Service strive to create electric wildlife and the support systems by which they function, with a particular focus on low voltage migratory animals.
Mandate:
The Canadian Robot Wildlife Service is the lead Canadian department for a wide range of robotic Canadian wildlife issues. The department addresses these issues through various actions:
- Educating adults and children about electronics, robotics, and art
- Spreading the word about local non-profit maker organizations
- Instigating random acts of Canadian chaos
- Encouraging members of the public to develop their own robot wildlife
Some context for our non-Canadian, or born past the mid 90’s readers click here:
The Canadian Wildlife Service, a federal government department, had an extensive public outreach arm that created things like educational videos about Canadian wildlife. A series of funding cuts from the mid 80’s to 2000’s killed this portion of its mission. We’ve decided to appropriate and resurrect their banned from official use logo and mission statement, mandate, and well, basically everything else we found in their pockets… but with some minor updates.