'robotics' videos 
The Autotelematic Spider Bots (Ken Rinaldo, Installation Documentation)
Artificial life robotic series. They appear like spiders, see like bats, find their food like ants and twitter like birds. Created with a commission from the AV Festival England in 2006. Visit http://kenrinaldo.com for more information.
Flickering Signifiers (Ken Rinaldo, Installation Documentation)
Visit http://kenrinaldo.com for more information.
Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot (Garnet Hertz, Installation Documentation)
"Cockroach Controlled Mobile Robot" is an experimental mechanism that uses a living Madagascan hissing cockroach atop a modified trackball to control a three-wheeled robot. If the cockroach moves left, the robot moves left. Infrared sensors also provide navigation feedback to the cockroach, striving to create a pseudo-intelligent system with the cockroach as the CPU. (Garnet Hertz)
ROBOEXOTICA 2005 intl.panel
ROBOEXOTICA-panel with organizers of robotics-festivals: david calkins, sergey teterin, adrian dabrowski, magnus wurzer
ROBOEXOTICA 2005 talk , panel 1
ROBOEXOTICA-panel with Jake Appelbaum, Francesca Birks, Kal Spelletich and Cory Doctorow. Moderated by Johannes Grenzfurthner.
ROBOEXOTICA talk: Cory Doctorow & Kal Spelletich (2005)
short clip from ROBOEXOTICA studio panel 1 about social robotics
Night-Sea Music (Ed Osborn 1998)
In Night-Sea Music, many small music boxes are driven by slow electric motors attached to them via rubber cables which curl and release intermittently. The piece is titled after a John Barth story, Night-Sea Journey, which is narrated by a confused and not altogether enthusiastic single spermatozoa on its journey in search of...well, something (the narrator is not very clear on the concept). The twisting and spasmodic movements of the piece alludes to those tiny twitching travelers whose brief existence is a suicidal mission to carry information through a difficult environment. The music boxes all play the old folk tune "The Merry Widow," which serves as a wink and a nod towards the overwhelmingly futile energies expended by all those determined sperm.
Flying Machines (Ed Osborn 2001)
Flying Machines is a series of sounding mobiles that feature flowing curves, slow movements, and spinning fans suspended below delicately balanced speakers. They have a lifelike aura and emit deep, voice-like sounds that seem too low to come from these slender, flightless machines. A study in gentle motion and organic tones, over time the piece reveals complex and subtly shifting patterns of movement and sound.
Machine with Chinese Fan (Arthur Ganson, Installation Documentation)
Arthur Ganson's kinetic sculpture with Chinese fan.
Machine with Artichoke Petal (#1) (Arthur Ganson, Installation Documentation)
Arthur Ganson's kinetic sculpture using an artichoke petal.
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