Adding "Behaviors" To Turnings - Unexpected Effects
This using programmable micro controllers to add "behaviors"
to pieces keeps getting interestinger and interestinger. This one started while playing with a small servo. Hit on having the servo's arm move randomly somewhere within about a 70 arc. Watching it dart back and forth reminded me of a "behavior" - the eyes of a speed freak - darting around, unable to stay focused on anything for more than a second. Making an eyeball - and having the servo dart it about was a no brainer. Then, another unxpected inspiration - due to a) the "lidded box" having a roundish bottom and b) Newtons Laws of Inertia. When the servo arm swings quickly - and stops suddenly - it imparts a force on whatever it's attached to - in this case - the box it's in - and causes the box to move - jerking and rocking - just a little bit. By turning a lead fishing weight down a bit - and connecting it to the servo's arm with shrink tubing - I could amplify THAT speed freak behavior. By using a hyperdemic syringe and needle in place of a finial, the movement at the tip of the needle was amplified again due to its distance from the bottom of the capsule - the pivot point for the movement. Here's a link to the quick and dirty YouTube vid I did on this accidently discovered "behavior". (hope this url is right). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RwKeoXrb1kI Comments, questions and suggestions welcomed. charlie b |
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