SWARM is going to IIT Kanpur for Techkriti 2010. SWARM will be represented by Dr. Jonathan Foote, Lee Sonko, Marnia Johnston and Niladri Bora. Techkriti is from Feb 11th – 14th February. We will be doing an 1 hr presentation on SWARM and Machine and Fire Art Culture in the Bay Area and will be rolling the orbs around the campus for general coolness. Watch this space for sticker announcements and other news.
An email from Michael posted to the SWARM mailing list earlier today
Hey SWARMSTERS,
the truck will be on the road in a few minutes! Congratulations on all your hard work; we have six working orbs, four fully outfitted for autonomy, two autonomous sequences which can be activated directly by joystick, and a good start at the mother node integration which we can build on at the playa!
You rock, swarm rocks, and open your minds to where we can go from here….
The very cool folks at Stickergiant.com printed up our most recent sticker design. They look fantastic! Thank you Stickergiant!
New SWARM Stickers
They even blogged about our project, :-)
The next time you see a menacing orbular robot bearing down on your position, ask us for a sticker! It will show your (hopefully!) undying support for our new robotic overlords.
We brought the orbs out to Yuri’s Night.
People really liked them.
Read about it in Engadget, CNet and Laughing Squid. :-)
I know we haven’t been keeping you peeps updated nearly enough. Let me make it up to you… we’re going to (at least) THREE shindigs soon!
First up, we’re going to Yuri’s Night at NASA Ames (http://sf.yurisnight.net/) Saturday April 12th from 2pm-2am!! They’re so excited to see us that we even got nice billing on some recent invitation emails. Groovy!
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ext… we’re performing at this little music festival thing in SoCal. You’ve probably never heard of it. It’s called Coachella. Yessire! That’s right, 6 shiny metal orbs will be bounding around at the Coachella Music Festival (http://www.coachella.com/) Friday April 25th-27th! And us swarm-herders get to rub elbows with a bevy of music and art greats!
There’s talk about the orbs rolling to other festivals but it hasn’t been totally lined up yet so I don’t want to set the bar too too high. :-)
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f SoCal is too far to go to catch orby delights, you’ll ALSO find us at Maker Faire (http://makerfaire.com/) Saturday May 3-4 in San Mateo.
Keep em rollin’!
Lee for SWARM
From Coreyfro:
While NASA is still bragging about teleoperated robots such as DEXTRE, DARPA continues to push the boundaries on autonomous robotics.
That’s because NASA nerds (or, well, two of us here at Ames, and technically, I’m a contractor) make autonomous robots for fun in our free time!
Auto choreographing, music composing, and light show generating orbs of gleaming aluminum!
Come see Orb Swarm at Yuri’s Night!
Legs? PFT! Legs are SOOOOO Precambrian era!
Here’s some SWARM Glamour Shots that Mark Alexander shot. It’s mid-August at the Box Shop
The machine art community in the Bay Area is one of the most vibrant scenes in the world. We’ve benefited enormously from our talented friends and colleagues in the area. Now it’s time to give back: we will be appearing on two consecutive nights at the SomArts gallery, to benefit two very worthy causes. Here’s the scoop:
Who: Those mavens of lipstick and accelerants, The Flaming Lotus Girls
What: A Gallery Show Fundraiser for the FLG’s!
When: Friday, November 30th, 2007, 7pm-1am
Where: Somarts Gallery 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco
Why: Because YOU want to see more super giant fire art!
Come join the hot ladies (and gentlemen) of the world-famous Flaming
Lotus Girls fire art group for an evening of art, flame and fabulous
outfits.Over 40 different photographers and a handful of local artists have
donated their art for a silent auction benefiting the FLG’s, so they
can continue their quest for world domination through stainless steel
and kerosene.The rest of the world deserves to see The Serpent Mother in all of her
168-foot majesty. Come enjoy the all the art and make this and other
amazing projects possible!
And also this the very next night:
The Blue & Green Ball – fundraiser for Todd Blair
Saturday, Dec 1st
SoMarts Gallery
934 Brannan Street
SF, CA
8pm – 1am
$10Todd Blair is an artist extraordinaire, producer, curator and teacher
at California College of the Arts who needs your help. Todd was
injured in a tragic forklift accident in September at an arts festival
in Amsterdam where he was working as part of the Survival Research
Labs team. His condition remains serious and his recovery long. Todd
is still in recovery at a hospital in Amsterdam.The “Blue & Green Ball” fundraiser for Todd will be held Saturday,
December 1st at SomArts Gallery, 934 Brannan Street, San Francisco,
CA. The event will take place from 8pm – 1am, entry fee is $10.Entertainment will include DJ Vordo, Gibson Pearl Bellydancing, Art by
the Flaming Lotus Girls, Electromechanical, robotic, and interactive
art and more! There will also be a Live Auction of selected Fine Art,
Talent, and Collectibles. As part of this event, there will be a Shopping
Bazaar- including lots of unique crafts and art. Food and cocktails will
also be available.
A little too early to confirm, but there are rumors of a serendipitous SWARM at the Flaming Lotus Girls fundraiser. Should be a great time for a good cause, so see you there!
It was too hot to think, let alone point a camera straight, but I did get a few pictures:
Geek Week camp Note 40-ft tower for the microwave link to Gerlach
Hacking on the playa. Note specialized desert hacking gear: extra monitor, spent pyro, box of whippits (likely spent as well), sunglasses, insulated coffee mug.
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The playa crew 
Breakfast for everyone! 
Danger Ranger’s mobile wifi rig, plus orb.
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