The Nose Wazoo startles an unwary visitor, barely missing their chest with his padded proboscis as they walk in front of him.
He gathers a crowd by showing off with "back flips" and "floorscrapes", and when lots of people are around him, he trys to nudge them with his "nose" (actually, a padded pneumatic cyclinder with a fast, twenty inch stroke).
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When visitors tease the Nose Wazoo too much by attracting his attention and dodging his thrusts, he flips upside down, faces the other way and sulks! |
The Nose Wazoo communicates via a standard terminal protocol to report its sensory status and program progress interspersed with bizarre observations about its existence and life in general. |
(Profile at rest)
The Nose Wazoo comes accompanied by a communication cable, software and
documentation, technical video cassette, tools, crate and spare parts.
Its dimensions are 63 inches high at rest, 105 inches at its highest extension,
43 inches wide and 69 inches deep. 60 lbs.
Materials used in fabrication are painted welded steel, electronics, epoxy,
sissal fibers, beads, aircompressor, 2 pneumatic cylinders, tar.
The Nose Wazoo first took shape in 1984 during a collaboration with Professors
Jim Plante and Larry Ford and their students in the robotics program at
Macomb Community College near Detroit. While Zalewski and I programmed
the Nose Wazoo, it was field tested at St. Florian Elementary School in
Hamtrmck, Michigan, the Allan Stone Gallery in New York and the Artemisia
Gallery in Chicago. Finished, it appeared "Digital Visions"(1989)
Ohio Wesleyan University, at "Automates et Robots"(1992) Le Circ,
Reims and, at "ARTEC93" in the Nagoya Science and Art Museum,
it was given an Artistic Distinction Award by Prince Tomahito.
To download a ten second movie of he Nose Wazoo. (1.4
meg, avi format)
Nose Wazoo Bibliography:
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