“Hydrodynamic Butterflies” by The Unversity of Tokyo
Title:
- Hydrodynamic Butterflies
Conference:
SIGGRAPH Video Review:
Description:
Hypothetically future butterflies (CG robots) explore the north pole of Mars.
Why are butterflies so fascinating? First, we tried to crystallize the butterfly model in order to express the colorful butterfly in an extra-terrestrial environment. We assumed that ice exists on the arctic surface of Mars, and we expressed the ice as an aggregate of particles in space. What happens when the butterfly robot collides with particles is unpredictable, so we performed a behavioral analysis.
Human beings can ride in this robot to explore Mars.
Hardware:
OpenGL rendering Windows PC
Software:
Custom software for hydrodynamics simulation
Additional Contributors:
Director: Yoichiro Kawaguchi
Sound, Graphics Editing: Seiji Hori
Programming: Shuhei Tsuruoka
Technical Adviser: Takahiro Harada
Modeling Assistant: Sayaka Itabashi
This work is partially supported by JST CREST
