Max Dean & Raffaello D'Andrea - Robot Chair, 2006

Intelligent Robotic Device
"The Robotic Chair"in the short film Robotic Chair by Peter Lynch.
Raffaello D'Andrea, an associate professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering at Cornell University, has created a chair in conjunction with Canadian artist Max Dean that can crumple itself into a disjointed pile of wood and then reassemble itself. Dean came up with the vision and D'Andrea, who advises the university's robot teams, designed it. Another Canadian artist and a former student of D'Andrea's then helped them build it.

"It has no utilitarian value," D'Andrea said in a prepared statement. "It is an art piece."
The chair contains 14 motors, two gearboxes and other parts. Algorithms help the parts that can move on the robot find its missing parts.

Years earlier, the two built a table that followed people around.More info:http://www.raffaello.name/RoboticSculpture.html

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• robot
• art
• intelligent
• device
• chair

[KnifeFan]

amazing

[ajkl27]

It's a freakin robot that's capable of reassembling itself, do you have any idea how complex that is?

[CommentAccountA]

I for one welcome our new chair overlords...

[SydneyNoel22]

It takes too damn long to get itself together.

[20jimmy200]

Do you really have to move the camera around it like crazy?????? hey camera man????!!!!!!!!!!

[xArTTmaNx]

hah cool

[argeque]

Holy fuck zombie chair.

[REMsleeper428]

That's awesome.

[princessleiajjb]

This chair is spectacular!!! I got to see a Robotic Chair in person tonight, and it was great! I also had the chance to hear Max Dean talk about his work. It was so inspiring!!!

[MrRobot7123]

that is retarded