The Electric Giraffe Project
And so, the big robot is alive and well, but never actually completed. We're always be working on him!
Frank Lawlor
Lindsay Lawlor never went to engineering school. Instead he went to school in the garage, building his own toys from age 8 and onward. Building his own motorcycles and repairing cars over the years, he finally got bored of that and tried his hand at robotics. In this case, he's built his own giant robot friend, the Electric Giraffe Project.
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What inspired you to make this project?
I've always built my own things, both mechanical and artistic as needed. The giraffe was something that allowed me to combine all of my interests and talents into one big package, giving me the freedom to change, adapt and remake him over and over as I please. Going to Burning Man certainly helped inspire this idea of art and mechanical engineering being brought together to create something entirely new. Survival Research Labratories (SRL) was also a huge influence on me and my works.