Robot Knight
Leonardo da Vinci had many ideas that employed the use of pulleys, weights and gears. Da Vinci also incorporated these mechanisms into his self-propelled cart invention, which many people consider the very first robot. But da Vinci used the parts to create another robot too – his Robotic Knight. the Robotic Knight consisted of a knight suit filled with gears and wheels that were connected to an elaborate pulley and cable system. Through these mechanisms, da Vinci’s robotic knight was capable of independent motion - sitting down, standing up, moving its head and lifting its visor. My opinion: To me, it seems that the Robot Knight only knows how to sit down, stand up, move it's head and do other easy stuff that requires moving its body. But nonetheless, I have to agree that the use of pulleys, weights and gears of the Robot Knight was clever. And no less, invented by Da Vinci. References: "Robotic Knight." Leonardo Da Vinci's Invention. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. <http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/robotic-knight.aspx>.
0 Comments
Aerial Screw (Helicopter)
As with many of da Vinci’s ideas, he never actually built and tested it – but his notes and drawings mapped out exactly how the device would operate. Da Vinci scrawled next to his sketches of the screw-like machine the following description: "If this instrument made with a screw be well made – that is to say, made of linen of which the pores are stopped up with starch and be turned swiftly, the said screw will make its spiral in the air and it will rise high." Da Vinci’s helicopter measured more than 15 feet in diameter and was made from reed, linen and wire. My opinion: It looks very different from the helicopter now, but that's the beauty of evolution in this world. Everything keeps changing with time. I'm surprise the people (I assume) build this knew how to operate by looking at Da Vinci's blueprints/design of the Aerial Screw. References: "Helicopter (Aerial Screw)." Leonardo Da Vinci's Aerial Screw Invention. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Jan. 2016. <http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/aerial-screw.aspx>. Giant Crossbow
This was one of the main ideas behind many of da Vinci’s war inventions – among them, his giant crossbow. Designed for pure intimidation. Rather than fire giant arrows, Leonardo’s crossbow instead seems to be designed to fire large stones or possibly flaming bombs. For use, a soldier spins a crank to pull back the bow and loads the artillery. The soldier would then use a mallet to knock out a holding pin and fire the weapon. His vivid drawings of the giant crossbow invention also make it clear the idea behind the impressive weapon was to terrify enemies into fleeing rather than fighting. My opinion: I definitely did not see this coming. I know Leonardo's made a lot of inventions and one of them being a giant crossbow caught my eye. It's stated that the contraption is designed to fire large stones instead in which it reminds of like a sling shot, only bigger and in a design of a crossbow. The picture or design of the giant crossbow looks like it's very stable. References: "Giant Crossbow." Leonardo Da Vinci's Invention. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Jan. 2016. <http://www.da-vinci-inventions.com/giant-crossbow.aspx>. This is my sketch of the interior of the heart. I think I did a pretty good job at it and I can't wait to paint it :)
This is my first time drawing a heart and I'm quite proud of how it came out. The heart is an important organ where it pumps blood to all parts of your body in order to keep you alive and living.
For art, I'm choosing the heart and kidney organ (this is as my backup if something goes horribly wrong).
Why that organ? I feel like I want to do a complicated organ instead of something simple like the kidney, or liver or the brain. I wanted a challenge and something that sparked my interest. And the heart was the first thing that came to my mind when we were introduced on what we would be doing for Quarter 3 and 4. Kidney is quite easy to draw (I think) and is my backup organ if something goes horribly wrong with my first organ. Heart Plan Since we'll be doing the 3D model of the desired organ in Q4, I would probably want the heart to be half robotic and half real. Like if a part of the heart (or maybe the whole thing) was infected, then we could make a robotic part and attach it to the infected part of the heart. To stop or prevent or even better, cure the infection. This could also cure the diseases. The robotic part made is like an enclosed "thing" where you can attach and reattach it from the heart. Different people, different robotic heart parts. Art is used to design, for example, human limbs. If people lost parts of their bodies like their legs, arms, kidneys, heart, liver, etc, we would need to sketch out the anatomy of the missing part/limb. In order to replace it with an artificial one.
|
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. Archives
March 2016
Categories |