Giant Kinetic Robot sculpture from recycled and found materials

This Instructable will take you through some of the steps involved in building the Robot sculpture titled "General Debris". He gets his name from the many salvaged and found objects that he is built from. The General is one of many sculptures that I have made in this fashion over the years. If you would like to see more of them please visit www.nemomatic.com

Step 1 Layout

Each piece begins by arranging parts on the floor until some kind of plan presents itself. Seen in the images attached are railing sections, vacuum cleaner attachments, cellulite shaker, food processor, drills, vacuum handles, small beer kegs, light fixtures, soil aerators, etc. The shape of the robot is pretty clear at this point, though little work has been done. The feet and hips show the most actual progress so far.

Comments

[freeza36]

in the first picture on the first step..... the robot has genitalia

[tinker234]

wow hey didnt you help protype this once or what i saw the same sculptre from that

[nemomatic]

Well, I worked briefly on the show "Prototype This" on Discovery Channel. We built a pair of boxing robots in a similar style. Perhaps this is what you saw.

[tinker234]

you did a great job on those things

[tinker234]

yep

[killerjackalope]

again another beautiful sculpture I love the sound the mechanics make but this guy needs a reciprocating saw attatchment for the crotch, think arms move, followed by the distictive sound and his crotch sawing intruders up while violating them, multitasking at its finest.

[dragonsniper]

lol thats not a bad idea hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah

lol i just felt like doing that

[bluelantern]

"establish his gender...lol" nicely put.your work is so amazing! captivating too.the possibilities and so endless!!! a pure pleasure to check out your stuff.

[SarahMichelle]

We see his twig and berries! lol lol.....

[bluelantern]

twig and berries??? hahaha never heard that one before,lol.

[anim8er]

How about a sound system so he says "Are you talking to me?" or "What are you looking at, Pilgrim?"

Too Cool.

[ddw36]

Do you sell your work, if so I would love to see what you have available. Do you do any other kinetic art like RBS's?

[nemomatic]

Hi. Glad you like. There are tons of other pieces on my website www.nemomatic.com. There is also a "for sale""for sale" page where available work is listed.

[Mouserz]

next make him get an erection every hour

[Oompa-Loompa]

LOL

[santy22]

alll hail to the holy crap he has a penis!

[Cerafem]

(and testicles)

[SuperCoPilot]

well i know what i'll be doing for the next couple of weekks/months

[Chris Bilton]

Excellent! Hey, what about a suitcase for him with different groin attachments? When you have snap-on tackle like that it's a shame to limit yourself...

[nemomatic]

Believe it or not, he actually has a drill chuck attachment option that will be attached once he is permanently installed. I will try to remember to post pics when that day arrives.

[aryana]

Fantastic! A wonderful re-use of materials and great design. I like the trad g'nads on this model - but the drill chuck and suitcase full of attachments both sound like great ideas too.

[Chris Bilton]

Thanks for prompt reply, can't wait for pics. Seriously though, I admire your work, it has given me the impetus to scale up my stuff and add movement, motorised or even hand cranked by the spectator, I suppose than depends on the subject matter and also how secure everything is.

[bedbugg2]

yeah i like these knetic structures

[carbon]

To top it all off, you gave him lasers! That's so very, very cool. Now I have to go make something of my own, heh. :D

[lemonie]

Fantastic. (I'd love to see him piss oil...) L

[carbon]

Okay, I'm really glad it wasn't just me thinking that. :P

[John Smith]

Exactly what I was thinking (kind of).

[Thelonelysandwitch]

my friends name is john smith seriously

[crabfu]

That's awesome Nemo, just dashing!

[ewilhelm]

Beautiful!

[FreakCitySF]

Nice stuff

[TheCheese9921]

OMFG look between his legs LMFAO!!! nice

[TheCheese9921]

sorry its funny

[trebuchet03]

Your portfolio is absolutely amazing.

[Danny]

cool

[Honus]

Awesome! The details and craftsmanship are amazing. That is very impressive work.