[Tyler]

Giant Styrofoam Robots
     

Some of you may remember those photos I posted recently of a big
robot built from styrofoam packing material that turned up at a
local art gallery in Dallas. Well, the folks at DVICE have spotted an
artist who makes even bigger
foam robots. How big? Try 22 feet tall. The artist is Michael
Salter of the University of Oregon and he hasn't built just one but
quite a few giant robots. For more see the photo gallery of his
robots at Comptemorary Art 06 or his exhibit at the Lump Gallery in
2005. He also did an exhibit at the
University of Texas at Arlington in which he built a giant robot out
of cardboard boxes. So why does he do it? His bio says "he is
currently interested in cognitive behavior and its relationship to
particular visual stimuli, and the continued construction of styrofoam
robots." If your interest in Styrofoam robots follows a more
diminutive bent, don't forget RobotGrrl and her Styrobots.
   

http://robots.net/article/2581.html