When the Virtual meets the Physical: Bio Bots
“These are novel living machines,” Joshua Bongard, a computer scientist and robotics expert at the University of Vermont who co-led the new research, said in a statement. “They’re neither a traditional robot nor a known species of animal. It’s a new class of artifact: a living, programmable organism.”
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Biobots
The field of Biobots is relatively new and has a variety of ideologies from animal brains controlling robot bodies, animal bodies being connected to electronics and new lifeforms being designed with new technologies.
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3d Design and 3d Printing
3d printing has been used by industry since the mid 1980's. It is used to print everything from food to guns to human tissue.
Our
Makerbot 3D printers work through additive manufacturing. This is
accomplished by laying down thin layers of plastic, one on top of the
other, to build up a 3d structure.
3D models can be built in 3d software programs or captured with a 3d scanner or digital camera.
Websites
Thingiverse - free download 3d model library
Shapeways - Create and Sell 3d models
TinkerCad
- create an account here
- Your TinkerCad Home Page
TinkerCad Basics
- whats where
Starters get help here
Placing an Object
Controlling the View
Moving your Object
Rotate your Object
Change the size of your Object
Lessons get info here
Learning the Moves
Camera Controls
Scale, Copy and Paste
Studio
- create 3D digital sculptures
Outside of Class Time
- Review Vectary - How to import an STL
Projects
- Work on Project 3 Artist Trading Cards pt.2 & pt.3
- Work on Project 4 Digital Sculptures
