Electric Giraffe, Lindsay Lawlor, San Diego, California, USA

The Rave 'Raff, a robotic giraffe, is explained by its creator, Lindsay Lawlor, at Maker Faire.

Click to expand...

Lindsay Lawlor once attended Burning Man in a full-sized Giraffe suit, until one day a friend of his suggested he build a mechanical giraffe from metal, electronics, and a slew of flashing LED lights. Filmed at Maker Faire Bay Area 2011.

Click to expand...

Spotted in San Diego's Balboa Park

Click to expand...

The Electric Giraffe is a 17 feet tall robotic giraffe, built by Lindsay Lawlor. It runs off propane, which charges its batteries. The giraffe has walking ability, as well as stereos and its own lighting system of over 1000 LEDs.

The giraffe has appeared at Burning Man 2005, 2006 & 2007, Robo Nexus 2005, San Francisco Decompression Party 2005, Fuego Diego 2005, Ray at Night 2006, Make Faire 2006 & 2007, Xara 2006, Disney Web 2.0 Expo 2006, Califur 2006, and Further Confusion 2007.

Click to expand...

Spotted in San Diego's Balboa Park

Click to expand...

Two Makers — Lindsay and Russell — present their Electric Giraffe at the first-ever White House Maker Faire, June 18, 2014.

Click to expand...