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00:00:00 Title: Inside Out Life Story Progress Report
Completion Date: 2007

Watch an update on the current state of the development of IOLS, including a look at our hybrid handcraft and computer aided design and manufacturing process, our first generation animatronic arm, our clay lifecasting, and more...
The audio for this video segment is a sketch for the first prototype Inside Out Life Story scene. It is a Hugo Wolf song, ÒDas Verlassene MagdleinÓ set for guitar. The guitar in this short sketch is played by me.
Go to the IOLS project website or the Lab Blog for more updates and information.

00:04:20 Title: Wildflower Meadow Glacier Robot
Completion Date: 2006

Presented at 2004 Artbots, the Wildflower Meadow Glacier is an autonomous robotic sculpture that plants flowers and monitors local climate change and CO2 levels. The sample shows time-lapse footage of the first generation of the Glacier moving at full speed over a three hour period at sunset

For more information go to the WMG project website

00:05:27 Title: Mural
Completion Date: 2002

Mural was a collaboration with Diller + Scofidio for their mid-career retrospective at the Whitney Museum. It was designed, fabricated and programmed by Paul Bartlett, James Powderly and Dan Mathews for D+S and Honeybee Robotics. Mural was featured in the NY Times Magazine and Art in America. Footage of "Mural" by Diller + Scofidio

The robot was designed to undermine the curatorial authority of the exhibition by destroying the artificial confinement of the gallery walls.

00:07:12 Title: Honeybee Robotics
Completion Date: 2002 - current

The Mars Exploration Rover Rock Abrasion Tool and the Touch and Go Comet Sampler are two examples of robotic systems James Powderly helped design, build, test and deploy while working for Honeybee Robotics. James hand-delivered the RAT to NASA JPL and it is still currently operating under the control of the exploration rovers on Mars.

For more info on Honeybee, the RAT and the MER mission check the following links:
NY Times Cover Article on Honeybee
Honeybee Robotics Website
Information on the RAT
NASA MER Mission Website

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