Building on the success of the original PONGINATOR that made its debut at Maker Faire Austin 2007, THE PONGINATOR MK3 now sports an articulated electro-mechanical hydraulic-driven body to supplement this smoke-belching, siren-blaring, music-blasting kinetic robotic sculpture! THE PONGINATOR MK3 stands over 3 stories tall and uses quad pneumatic cannons to fire custom printed ping pong balls hundreds of feet in the air! Come by and see if you can catch a one of a kind souvenir and experience for yourself this amazing mechanical sculpture in action! -- Created by Vern Graner, Wolf Dilworth, Marvin Niebuhr, Rick Abbott with assistance (and insistence!) by Kym Graner, Nic Graner and many other members of The Robot Group Inc. in Austin TX.
Web site: http://www.TheRobotGroup.org
Video URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPSoFYHywJw
The Robot Group
Created by members of The Robot Group Inc., a non-profit 501(c)(3) corporation founded in the Spring of 1989 by a small group of Austin, TX artists and engineers who share a common vision: utilizing technology to create and explore new mediums for art.
http://www.TheRobotGroup.org