The intersection of art and engineering is crucial to solving complex problems with elegant solutions. Through kinetic art, mechanisms can be used to present an art form dependent on motions perceived by a viewer. Movements from an artwork’s mechanisms present an opportunity for learning. This project aimed to create a kinetic sculpture, that being a sculpture that incorporates an aspect of movement. This was achieved through the creation of a wind powered walking machine made of PVC, wood, and other individually sourced components. This type of sculpture was inspired by Theo Jansen’s Strandbeests, and was selected due to the abundance of wind on Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s, (WPI)’s, campus.

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Creator

• Crooke, Magnus
• Pardo Cota, Gabriel
• Bry, Liam
• Buda, Lucy
• Healey, Patrick
• Mara, William

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042224-150028
• 121324

Keyword

• Kinetic
• Sculpture
• Linkages

Advisor

• Cobb, Eben C.

Year

• 2024

Date created

• 2024-04-22

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Source

• E-project-042224-150028

Rights statement

• In Copyright