Carpentopod: A walking table project
In the collection of fascinating ‘things people do’ this time we have a walking table…you can call it a robot made from wood
In his blog the designer and maker Giliam de Carpentier describes the whole process from idea to design to realization – from his blog:
The Carpentopod leg linkage itself was generated by some software I wrote that evolved thousands of virtual generations of leg variations by having them compete against each other. To select which ones were best, each variation got assigned a ‘fitness’ score based on its walking speed, clearance and material use. I also rewarded extra points to variants that had leg tips which moved more horizontally and more smoothly during the lowest third of their cycle to make it favor solutions in which a group of three legs would work together to minimize bobbing and foot slip … read further
You might think what this all has to do with design, research and electronics – it depends on how you look at it. I have that question with many developments and research I follow. Perhaps the best answer is in the actual use of the table – see video
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