StrandBeest Compleat

Strandbeests are movable sculptures by Theo Jansen - find out more from [url]http://www.strandbeest.com/[/url] or [url]http://www.ted.com/talks/theo_jansen_creates_new_creatures[/url] It's quite fun to play with the constants to change the leg. Small changes can make huge differences. Even though Theo's isn't, I wanted C, D', F, E to be a rhombus, but finally added te nudge for F because it really changes the walk. Here's a beest by the inventor of GeoGebra, Markus Hohenwarter: https://www.geogebra.org/material/show/id/17499 Hope you have some fun playing! If you download a sketch there's a tool for building legs, but it's pretty finicky. Points are like A, B' (rotating) and C, numbers a, b, c, nudge and time parameter, t.

 

John Golden —

 
Resource Type
Activity
Tags
jansen  linkage  strandbeest  theo 
Target Group (Age)
10 – 19+
Language
English
 
 
 
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