After moving into a new studio in early May, I’ve made good progress on the robot project and revised several ideas. One major change is the eyes. Instead of using super bright LEDs with red acrylic lenses, I’ve switched to addressable LEDs in custom 3D printed holders, mapped with Madmapper. The video shows the current...
Progress has been slower than I anticipated but I will get there. There will be a clubbing robot or two! A lot of the parts I have created have been revised several times. It’s definitely a learning process. My 3d printers are both amazing and frustrating in equal measures. Just when I get one working...
In some ways you could look at this as things coming full circle. Originally, back in 1994 Overscan’s visuals brought life to the imagery of the club fliers thatI had been creating for Tribal Energy. Now, I’m taking the graphics to the physical form and creating large midi controlled performance robots.