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Maker Faire Bay Area 2008
Marvin, the Anthropomorphic Babbage Concierge
| Location: Expo Green |
Meet Marvin. He's Steampunk. He's robotic, more or less, with pan/tilt articulation... the eyes are spot lights, the nose is a low lux video camera, there's (predictably) a speaker in his mouth, and those jowl-like little grille things are a microphone array. It's all controlled via wireless USB through a phidget interface, with motion and noise tracking algorithms, facial recognition, and a bunch of other geegaws and gimcracks. He can be scary to see in operation, which is kinda the point. Milo Dodds commissioned Kaden Harris to build Marvin as part of "a relatively minor component of a truly epic commission."
Web site: http://www.eccentricgenius.ca/marvin.htm
Topic(s): Arts
Tags: Marvin Steampunk Door Concierge Babbage
About the Maker(s)
Milo Dodds I commission artists such as Kaden Harris and Datamancer to create unique "Steampunk Creations." I believe in functional art, things you use on a day-to-day basis. It is my hope that by supporting these artists it will allow them to continue taking this genre of art to a higher level.
