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A coffee table that walks
Carpentopod is a walking coffee table, designed and built by Netherlands-based game developer Giliam de Carpentier. Inspired to improve upon Theo Jansen's Strandbeests, Carpentier wrote software to generate leg linkage mechanisms, then have them virtually compete against each other. Through evolution, the end result was a leg design optimized for
Inspired to improve upon Theo Jansen's Strandbeests, Carpentier wrote software to generate leg linkage mechanisms, then have them virtually compete against each other. Through evolution, the end result was a leg design optimized for smoothness of gait, walking speed and material usage. The resultant twelve-legged design is made from laminated bamboo plywood, steel shafts, ball bearings and two aluminum crankshafts.
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