legsystem Strandbeest Theo Jansen
Published on May 16, 2018
Theo explains about the Strandbeest legsystem. He invented that in 1991.
Chalips op de wind II
Premiered on Oct 30, 2018
Animaris Chalips, the smallest caterpillar. More than the other caterpillars, Animaris Chalips is able to fool our visual system. Circle segments appear out of nowhere at the tail of the beast. They travel to the front and disappear again.
Animaris Chalips walks very well on dry, fluffy sand.
Chatsjatoerjan
Premiered on Oct 30, 2018
The Adagio from the Spartacus ballet, composed by Aram Chatsjatoerjan (1903-1978) has always been an important inspiration for the Strandbeests. In many strandbeest movies in the past, you hear Chatsjatoerjan in the background, but I think the combination of music and images was ever better than the one in this movie.
Strandbeest Hovering
Sep 25, 2020
The new beach animal Animaris Ader is named after the 19th century aviation pioneer Clement Ader (1841-1926). In order not to be buried in a sandstorm, it can hover a little above the ground. Beach animals are normally sand magnets. They attract sand when the wind blows. So floating could be a new survival strategy. To be able to do this, they must be able to anchor themselves. In the past, this often happened with a pin that was hammered into the ground. Now I am thinking more of a screw pin that screws itself into the ground. This is done with compressed air, generated by the wavy wing on top of the Ader, which pumps air into PET bottles.
Strandbeest Multi Tripodes
Oct 25, 2020
Beast with many legs (36).
The special thing about the way a beach animal walks is that it does not bump like us. The body of a beach animal stays at the same level while the legs walk under it. This is the result of the angle of the upper leg in relation to that of the lower leg. The oblique position is continuously compensated by that of the lower leg so that the hip joint remains at the same height. Well, with the Multi Tripodes, behind the row of hind legs, there is a row of extra legs that imitate the hind legs by means of parallelograms. The high and lower leg of those extra legs are parallel to those of the hind legs. This provides six extra legs. Now you can continue by adding more imitating legs. The beast originally had 12 legs (connected to the crankshaft). I added a total of 24 legs (4 rows).
Strandbeest Evolution 2021
Apr 3, 2022
Strandbeest Evolution 2021 provides an update on the evolutionary development. Every spring I go to the beach with a new beast. During the summer I do all kinds of experiments with the wind, sand and water. In the fall I grew a bit wiser about how these beasts can survive the circumstances on the beach. At that point I declare them extinct and they go to the bone yard.
2023 Animaris Rex
Sep 29, 2023
Since the beginning of this summer I have been trying to connect several running units (Ordissen) in succession. Animaris Rex is a herd of beach animals whose specimens hold each other as defense against storms. As individuals they would simply blow over, but as a group the chance of surviving a storm would be greater. It is 18 meters long (5 meters longer than the largest Tyrannosaurus Rex found.)
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