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Biomimicry Interactive Installation 2021

Cooperative works

Specially thanks to Chien-Kai Kuo, TzuHsin Hsieh, Chu-Hua Huang. This was a team collaborative work with them. I had been involved in all parts of this project.

Demo Movie

This design is designed to simulate the self-protection mechanism of an animal when faced with an unknown object.

In order to simulate the self-protective behaviour of animals, we have taken reference from the feathers of birds. It uses a long and intricate structure to protect the skin from moisture.

The mechanical behaviour used in this design is based on the crankshaft in a reciprocating piston engine, which converts the kinetic energy from the linear reciprocating motion of the piston into rotational kinetic energy. The crankshaft is an important component of motorbikes.

The design was modelled parametrically using the parameters of the 3D model to simulate the the oscillation of the blades and the path of the rotation angle puller.

using Rhino Grasshopper, and the actual model was modelled in parallel by fine-tuning the results of the decisions made for each component. In this 3D model, we simulate the connecting ropes when the engine is rotated to various angles by using the engine

In order to simulate the self-protective behaviour of animals, the design uses the Arduino's ultrasonic sensing module to detect the approaching state of unknown objects.

Research of Biological Material

Cooperative works 41 07.

experiment, mushroom and mycelium growing, thesis writing, data integration, process recording, design developement, diagrams drawing, and layout editing.

An investigation project by: Wei Studio, 2020