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The first and latest SRL Machines

August 18, 2011

Pictured here is the De-Manufacturing machine built in 1979 that made its debut at the Machine Sex show in North Beach, SF together with the latest SRL machine the Spine Robot Both machines will be seen in LA this October – stay tuned to this site for more details. Another view of the De-manufacturing machine: [...]

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Scoliosis-Free Spine Robot Fully Assembled

August 11, 2011

After the debut run of the Spine Robot last fall for the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show at the Sonoma County Museum, it was observed that the Spine twists itself up during operation. Over the last few months, Mark Pauline has re-engineered it with neat new design features to correct this (see the Spine Robot [...]

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Spine Robot Spacers

June 29, 2011

Mark Pauline completes more work on the Spine Robot describing new design and functionality of the spacers.

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Spine Robot Assembly

May 25, 2011

After making improvements to the first version of the Spine Robot as seen at the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show last fall, Mark Pauline reassembles the Spine Robot. Details on current work as well as a running log of past work done to the Spine Robot here

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New Actuator for the Spine Robot

January 25, 2011

Mark Pauline just completed work on the new actuator for the Spine Robot that solves the scoliosis problem encountered at the robot’s debut during the Explosion of Ungovernable Rage show last October 2010. On this image gallery page, click on the Spine Robot January 2011 link under Galleries for a larger view of the new [...]

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Mark Pauline at the Sonoma County Museum

January 4, 2011

UPDATE: Video of Mark’s talk in three parts here Mark Pauline will be speaking at the Sonoma County Museum this Friday January 7, 2011. $5 members/$10 non-members. Reservations required. Contact Jennifer Bethke to RSVP

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Making a Claw for the Spine Robot

October 24, 2010

The claw for the Spine Robot was completed yesterday, October 23, 2010. It was designed by Mark Pauline. It is made out of ‘special’ heavy duty aluminum. Chris Bohren, DV Rogers, Geo Homsy, Babalou, Roger Carr, and Karen Marcelo were around to observe ‘testing’. Video from Karen Marcelo

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Spine Robot Progress – June 2010

June 7, 2010

The bushings for the Spine Robot were just completed! Mark Pauline says, “These are the titanium 6AL-4V AMS 4928 bushings for the spine segments. They are press fit into the segments and are held in by snap rings. The best thing about making stuff out of titanium is the chips make blinding white light when [...]

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The Latest Addition to the SRL Machine Stable: Spine Robot

March 28, 2010

At last year’s dorkbotSF at TCHO Mark Pauline talked about the latest machine he’d been working on and a review of other snake-like robot arms in existence. The SRL one is coming along. Read more about it and track its progress here or by clicking on the image above.

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