Mondo spider, Jonathan Tippett, Vancouver, Canada

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The Mondo Spider Project was founded by five Vancouverites: Charlie Brinson, Dillard Brinson, Alex Mossman, Leigh Christie and Jonathan Tippett.

Website - mondospider.com

Mondo spider on eatART

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Mondo spider on Wikipedia

 

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Burning Man 2009 - The Mondo Spider

Uploaded on Sep 10, 2009

The Mondo Spider is a diesel-powered hydraulic walking machine. It weights about 1,600 lb.

De-Inventing The Wheel - This ridable mechanical walking machine was designed by a team of artists and engineers as an industrial metal beast destined to rock Burning Man and the world of kinetic sculpture. Inspired by Vancouver Junkyard Wars, this giant hydraulic monster was hewn from steel with passion and precision. Call it robot... call it biomimicry... call it what you will... We call it... The MONDO SPIDER.

It was originally shown at Burning Man 2006: Hope and Fear.

The Mondo Spider was designed by Leigh Christie, Jonathan Tippett, Charlie Brinson, Ryan Johnston and a bunch of other peeps from the eatART Foundation (although the Mondo Spider predates eatART). .

Video shot at the Burning Man 2009 festival (Black Rock Desert, Nevada).

The 2010 version of the Mondo Spider is zero-emission electrical, battery-powered, with batteries recharged using solar panels.

Mondo Spider Zero Emissions
February 1, 2010

in January 2010, the Mondo Spider had a complete overhaul of its engines; taking out the old, loud, gas-guzzling one and replacing it with two quiet and clean electrical engines

 

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Mondo Spider's legs get put back on
October 11, 2010

During the first weekend of October The Mondo Spider team worked feverishly to put the legs back on the Spider after a top notch powder coating job by Aegis Finishing. They finished just in time to show them off to a Japanese TV crew who filmed Ryan and their zany host on an adventure through energy, fantasy and fun.

 

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Mondo Spider at Google IO 2010
October 12, 2010

Jonathan Tippett recounts the amazing events of Google IO 2010 in San Francisco, from getting Sergey Brin to ride the spider to meeting Aoi and Matthais (two of the fantastic programmers for our Mondo Spider Radar App) for the first time.

 

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Mondo Spider stomps Maker Faire
October 12, 2010

 

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Driving eatART's Mondo Spider: CES 2013

Published on Jan 13, 2013

Thank god for the eatART Foundation, an artist-engineering collective out of Vancouver, Canada. They are the mad geniuses behind the Mondo Spider, a drivable eight-legged, hydraulically actuated, walking metal arachnid. The Mondo Spider is slow, loud, and difficult to gauge the dimensions of from the drivers seat. It is piloted with two control sticks like a zero-turn mower, and, despite its bulk, it is surprisingly easy to learn. And, after a few minutes clunking around in it, I can assure you it is every bit as cool to drive as you'd think it is.

 

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Mondo Spider on geekpicnic

Published on Aug 10, 2014

 

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Geek Picnic 2014 Spider Robot
August 10, 2014