Thursday, February 29, 2024

Day 12


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

Step by Step

 
 


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 
 
 
 
 

Projects  
 
- Work on Project 3 Artist Trading Cards pt.2 & pt.3
- Work on Project 4 Digital Sculptures 

 

 

 

 

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