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Max Dean
Raffaello D'Andrea
Matthew Donovan
The Robotic Chair
1984-2006
Category:
Title
The Robotic Chair
Date
1984-2006
Medium
Sculpture
Materials
aluminum chassis, fibreglas and carbon fibre chair with wood veneer, custom mechanical joints, 14 MicroMo electric motors, wheels, battery pack, wireless radio, custom electronic components, laptop computer with custom software, video camera, plywood base with custom Kevlar sprung floor and fluorescent lightsDimensions
chair: 84 x 49 x 44 cm; platform: 15 x 224 x 224 cm; lighting grid: 30 x 427 x 427 cm
Nationality
Canadian
Credit line
Gift of Nicholas Metivier, Edward Burtynsky, Richard Griffiths, Jim McGovern and Richard Ivey, Toronto, and of Glen Bloom, Ottawa, 2008
Accession number
42517
