BOCA BEARINGS 2012 INNOVATION COMPETITION

Innovation Contestants

Project List

Gamera: A Human Powered Helicopterby Ben Berry

The Gamera project aims to design, build, and fly the first human powered helicopter to meet the requirements of the 32 year-old American Helicopter ...

November's Winner!

Primal 2 Speedbikeby George Leone

Primal 2 is a speedbike (human powered vehicle) designed for world speed record attempts. An enclosed, recumbent streamlined bicycle. It is powered...

October's Winner!

Simple Electric Bicycleby Valentin Ameres

This electric bicycle was built due to the expensive public transportation fees. Its main purpose is to get you from A to B.

September's Winner!

Acavallo Carouselby Quill Hyde

It's a work of participatory art - A Cavallo, the Carousel, is a rolling Coney Island pirate ship with steel horses galloping, a stage on the back, a...

August's Winner!

Avery Dicycleby James Avery

This is both a work of mechanical art and a human powered transportation device. Beyond that, the interactive nature of the Dicycle requires ‘thinki...

July's Winner!

Walking Quadrotor Aerial Vehicleby Arash Kalantari

This is a hybrid robot capable of both aerial and terrestrial locomotion. A unique compliant mechanism design makes it possible to use a single actu...

June's Winner!

The Walking beastby Martin Montesano

The Walking Beast by Moltensteelman is a kinetic work of art that tests the limits of large scale mechanical locomotion using applied math, science, ...

May's Winner!

Morphexby Kåre halvorsen

MorpHex is mostly a work of art and goes in the category of hobby robotics. It’s a remotely operated robot. I believe it could be used in animatronic...

April's Winner!

The Clock Ship Tereby Andy Tibbetts

The Clock Ship Tere is a kinetic art vehicle. We like to call it "engineered art". The idea was to expose the workings of a large piece of machinery....

March's Winner!

The Serpent Twinsby Jon Sarriugarte

The Serpent Twins created by Kyrsten Mate and Jon Sarriugarte are a work of art and mythology. The Jormungand (Midgard) and Julunggul (Rainbow) serpe...

February's Winner!

Charonby Peter Hudson

Charon is a 32’ tall vertical life sized 3d stroboscopic zoetrope. This is a truly unique project that that blends technology with art.

January's Winner!

1000Eby Richard Kirshy

Started with a custom designed 600 class frame set and began a stretching project, Took it from a 600 class to 700 then to 800, 900 and ended at 1000

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Animatronic Hawk for researchby Jonny Poole

A lot of research with raptors require to capture individuals to put on identifying leg bands, and may radio transmitters. Raptors can be very diffic...

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Assistive Roboticsby john dolecki

What does it do? I get asked that question a lot when I tell people what I'm building or they see it. It's main purpose is to assist people in there ...

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Bearing Tooth Gearsby Steve Knotts

The Bearing Tooth Gear is actually a functional technology that uses bearings in the construction of the gear teeth and of course bearings are being ...

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Big Whelpby Anthony Howe

It is a work of art.

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Bluetooth Robotic Armby Jake Roorda

This robotic arm was built from scratch for the Science Olympiad team of Grand Rapids Christian High School. It was built to move pencils, nails, ba...

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California Dreaminby Bruce Gray

"California Dreamin " (81x50x32) is a motorized kinetic art ball machine sculpture with 2 steel balls that get lifted by a drive chain conveyor syste...

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Cardboard Box Robotby Thomas Renck

Before you sits a robot made of mere cardboard and tape. Is it art or does it serve a purpose? Form or function is the question. It cannot be anythin...

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Charlie the turbine robotby Justin Gray

Charlie the turbine robot (or Charlie for short) is a concept I came up with a few years ago to attempt at rattling the cages of the EV (electric veh...

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Click2knotby Orko Samuli

Click2knot makes a perfect uniknot for a fisherman

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Concrete Latheby Pat Delany

It is a way to build very low cost machine tools in the developing world. The multi-purpose machines could be used in schools, shops and small factor...

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DAILY BAILEYby IAN DYKES

WWF cites “without near 100% sustainable energy we commit 37% species to extinction by 2050”. Ever increasing forestry utility under economic inabili...

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Dishcleaning Sinkby siddharth shah

its an attachment to steel sink with rotating brushes powered by a 25 watt motor. It is so designed as to be cheap, water/ power efficient and clean ...

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DIY Segway Clone-Rutscherleby Wunsch Daniel

It sure serves a function. With a maximum speed of 25 km/h you can drive it on many grounds like on the grass or the street. The artistic work basi...

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DIYLILCNC V2by Taylor Hokanson

The DIYLILCNC is a free, open source set of plans for a tabletop CNC mill. Computer Numerical Control tools are used to convert digital models into ...

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Draka the Dragonby Lisa Nigro

Draka is a 112 foot long dragon built on a truck pulling three trailers. She is a major piece of art, a mobile entertainment center, and an inspirati...

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Easyslideby Gregory Horak

This is a caster designed primarily for use in a household or office environment to make it easier to move furniture.

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E-Voloby Alex Zosel

On October 21st, 2011, Thomas Senkel of e-volo made the first manned flight with an electric multicopter at an airstrip in the southwest of Germany. ...

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Ganesha- A robot drummerby Timothy Laursen

My goal is to build a traveling show of robot drummers that back me up. I want my sculptures to transform and amaze people. It's a little bit perform...

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Green Eco Trikeby Konstantin Kulikov

We pioneered a new category of Stepper Tricycles – a practical city and leisure vehicle with Zero emission.The GET (Green Eco Trike) is a wellness ...

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High Voltage 2012by Nemo Gould

"High Voltage" is a kinetic sculpture made from found materials by artist Nemo Gould (www.nemomatic.com). The effect seen in the head is a high volt...

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Home Care Robot Evaby Jelle ten Kate

Our project consists of a personal robot which could help in the homecare sector. The result is a homecare robot called Eva. Eva is designed and buil...

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Humanoid robot A1by Malte Ahlers

The A1 is an adult size humanoid robot. Its torso has two arms, each with five (six including the hand) axes of rotation based on igus robolink robot...

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Hyena Animal Machine Hybridby Marco Kruyt

Futuristic vision on the evolution by Baileybots. The artwork shows an organism that has evolved under pressure from humanity. The effects of the i...

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Inferno Robotics Corpby George Stavrev

The project was was intended to take several different components and work out the interface between them. It uses a servo motor, flex resistor as a ...

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Kinetic Sculpture- Rising Dancer IIby John King

It is a work of art in front of a public children's museum and dance theater in Pueblo, Colorado.

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Liquoriceby Ivan Black

Liquorice Loops is an indoor, wind powered kinetic sculpture.

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Long Road Homeby Andrew Smith

"Long Road Home" was commissioned by "Ripley's Believe it or not" Museums for their Gatlinburg, TN location. It was based off of a previous work, "L...

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Marble Mazeby Dan Toborowski

The Marble Maze is an interactive demonstration used at academic and engineering events to generate interest in robotics. It's purpose is mostly to g...

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MinuteBot Bearingby Dorota Sauer

MinuteBot Bearing is a high quality turntable designed to be used together with LEGO Mindstorms. The turntable has an integrated sealed ball bearing ...

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MMRamboics - FIRST Team 2200by Sean Noseworthy

Our project is a competition robot designed for use in the FIRST Robotics Competition game called Logomotion. It's function was to hang as many inne...

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Moralizing Forfingerby Bernd Derenbach

It is a work of art. The video shows two sculptures made out of stainless steel using an excellent ball bearing unit. They are softly moved by the wi...

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Napkin Banding Machineby Clayton Huckaba

This is a napkin banding machine designed to be used in the restaurant industry. This machine will save time and money for those restaurants manuall...

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Oheaby Ascensio Zubeldia

It is a bed that makes itself.

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Peacockby Dave Riemer

It is a copper & brass kinetic sculpture made to be outdoors all year in any environment.

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Prosperoby David Dorhout

Prospero is the working prototype of an Autonomous Micro Planter (AMP) that uses a combination of swarm and game theory and is the first of four step...

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Quadro Copterby Martin Sliwerski

It's a small spy. With this machine, we can do video, pictures and 10km distance while sitting comfortably at home. It is very helpful in making low-...

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Robot Bandby TeamDARE Eindhoven

TeamDARE is a small team of enthousiastic engineering specialists that share a common hobby: building robots!. The team originates from an internship...

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Robot Nao 1337by Carlos Asmat

This is mainly an artistic project. it involves my Robot Nao 1337 and was featured at the Robot Film Festival 2011. Nao 1337 is looking for a job;...

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Roller for Prudent Personby Gunter Holtzauer

I always wanted to can roller sports but I was prudent. I never learned to do roller sports when I was a kid, and later I was prudent to get on the r...

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Schoeren Kinetic Sculpturesby Bert Schoeren

The Power Tower explodes into the air. An interactive ‘hands-on’ kinetic sculpture. This about the experience of energy 4 bicycles are turning th...

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Science Exploration Roverby Lary Cotten

I'm involved with the Austin Planetarium, a project to build a planetarium, science museum, and technology center in Austin, Texas. We currently run ...

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SERRT UPRM SOLAR CARby Jesus Torres

The project running under the supervision of SERRT (Solar Engineering Research Racing Team) involves building a solar powered car capable of racing i...

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Sexy 6 axis robotic armby Warren Williams

My robot build from scratch will have 5/6 axis when done.

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Shakerbot-Snakeboard inspired robotby Sevag Babikian

The ShakerBOT is a robot that mimics the movement of a snakeboard. The basic idea is to have two pairs of steering wheels and a motor with a high ine...

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Smart Conesby Jacob Merz

This project is robotic traffic cones. Currently when setting up a traffic control zone it takes workers up to several hours just to set up all the s...

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Snelflight QuadPodby Phil Jermyn

The project was to design a low-cost small brushless motor quadcopter for hobby use. It needed to be small enough to fly indoors, but also powerful e...

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Solar Charged RC Lawn Mowerby Robert Smith

The Solar Charged Remote Control Electric Lawn Mower (SCRCELM) is a device that is purely electric. That means, no gasoline is required to operate an...

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Stanford Solar Car Project- Xenithby Theodore Ford

Xenith represents the marriage between art and functionality. With its sleek design and 98% efficient motor, Xenith represents how solar technology m...

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super ultra carby DEBANSU SINHA

we are looking for the future generation car which will be driven by non-conventional energy & conventional energy resources . which we can save con...

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Supercharged Honda 250/4by Rob Lambert

In the quest to achieve 280 BHP /litre from a four stroke engine this project grew from a stock 1988 Honda CBR250R road bike engine, designed by Hond...

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TE+ND Rover (Terrestrial Ecology + Nurture Development Rover)by Marnia Johnston

TE+ND (Terrestrial Exploration + Nurture Designed) Rovers are an interactive art project that explore migratory ecology in an era of climate change. ...

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The Neverwas Haulby Shannon O'Hare

The Neverwas Haul is a three story self propelled Victorian house created from the imagination of Shannon O'Hare with a crew of approximately twenty ...

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The Ultimate Tailgating machineby Lance Greathouse

Ever thought of transporting your ideal barbecue party from the backyard to the tailgate bash? We have. That’s why we built our own mobile grill...

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Titanoboaby Charlie Brinson

The Titanoboa project seeks to reincarnate a 50-foot, one-ton snake killed off by past climate change. Today, as fossilized life is relentlessly exhu...

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Two Happy Carrotsby Jim Jenkins

This is a motorized kinetic sculpture that features a sound component.

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Watschendiskursby Frank Fietzek

its a work of art

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what makes sense ?by Francois Hameury

that video, done in 2008, try to introduce my work seen by Jo Pinto Maya. I was working then on a commission : " Francois, make me a car ". Of course...

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Wireless glove controlled mountainboardby Andres Guzman-Ballen

This project was actually my first real hands-on project, where I was able to create what once was a mere thought. I'd say it is a work of art; the ...

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Zuumerby Tom Boyd

The Zuumer is both a work of art and a functioning People mover, we call it a "PET" Personal Electric Transportation. It allows anyone that can stand...

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