[Tyler]

Industrial Surplus Transformed into Art Robots
     


Reader Doug Emes
sent us a link to the Guy
Robots website which contains a gallery of art robots built from
industrial surplus and salvaged parts. Intrigued, I contacted Rich
Muller, the artist, to find out a little more. He writes,
I work in the aerospace industry in Los Angeles, and I've
been making robots for a few years.  Los Angeles is a good place for
finding raw material, there are flea markets, swap meets, and countless
garage sales every weekend.  There are also a number of surplus stores
that sell old electronic and avionic equipment, not surprising
considering the large amount of aerospace industry in Los Angeles.  The
old material gets sold to small businesses and garage tinkerers setting
up laboratories as well as Hollywood set-decorators and artists.  A
favorite place is Apex Electronics,
where you can find anything from bakelite knobs to a rocket nose-cone. I
build and photograph the robots, and my brother, Eric, comes up with the
names and bios.
Read on for more photos and info...
   

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