Flipbot 5403 (Koms-B and Acrobatix) (1984) by Tomy, Japan. Flipbot is small, runs around aimlessly, and whenever it falls over, its motorized arms flip it back upright. Flipbot took part in a fascinating Robot Art Experiment for the San Francisco Robotics Society Meeting in March 1997. Hans Barnum and Nils Bailey, aged 6, were challenged by their mum, Patty Pink, to adapt three toy robots to make art by attaching pens and restricting the robots’ movements using sticky tape and elastic bands. The Flipbot drew circular patterns (last photo) – "Beautiful, huh!" exclaimed the boys. “As the young robotics engineers started up their trio of machines, the robots proved quite entertaining as their gyrations seemed to include pauses for reflection & pacing for inspiration between bold pen strokes. One machine quite deftly drew a series of congruent perfect circles. I thought the idea of using existing walking toy robots with pens attached was ingenious. At the end of the demonstration the audience burst out with several rounds of applause.” – Robot Art Experiment, San Francisco Robotics Society Meeting, March 1997.

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More Acrobatix 💕 (at Maryland Renaissance Festival)

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Acrobatix team was adorable 💏 (at Maryland Renaissance Festival)

Acrobatix (yes, the performers spell it this way). (at Maryland Renaissance Festival)

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