COLLECTION NAME:
Graduate Thesis Collection
Record
Title:
Mechanical articulation for a fictional world: Using robotics to inform and develop mechanical creature design
Creator:
Noor, Sahibzada Sangeen
Subject:
Thesis (M.F.A.) -- Animation
Subject:
Savannah College of Art and Design -- Department of Animation
Rights:
Copyright is retained by the authors or artists of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law.
Abstract:
“The field of mechanical engineering and robotics has made many strides in developing complex articulation systems over the years. Engineers have been taking inspiration from nature to develop and problem solve functionality and articulation issues within mechanical design. The focus of this thesis will be on the technical aspects of articulation and functionality using robotic research as a reference model to develop and design three 3D production-ready insectoid vehicles that inhabit a fictional world. So we will forgo worldly limitation and purely focus on mechanical movement. These Insectoid vehicles will be based on the following insects: the grasshopper, the praying mantis, the dragonfly. We will be looking at different mechanisms inspired by nature and try to study and understand how engineers develop articulation systems that mimic movement in nature which will help us in the production of the insectoid models.” – Abstract
Keywords: modeling, mechanical joints, mechanical articulation, biologically inspired robots, position & orientation, insects, rigging.
Keywords: modeling, mechanical joints, mechanical articulation, biologically inspired robots, position & orientation, insects, rigging.
Publisher:
Savannah, Georgia : Savannah College of Art and Design
Date:
2021-11
Format:
2 online resources: 1 PDF (Thesis, 133 pages, color illustrations) + 1 mp4 film (Studio component, approximately 1 min., color)