Insecto Robotario: The Great World of The Small!
A project by the organization ROBOTHA LTDA.
PURPOSE
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To design and build a robotic attraction that recreated the microcosm and transported visitors into a magical world where they can experience how it is to live surrounded by giant insects while discovering their importance for our planet.
ROLE
Core Team Designer
User experience design
Robots-casing production
Scenography and Space design & production
Content and narrative creation
Branding
2006 – 2009
Quindío - Colombia
" I believe that when designing extraordinary experiences where people can interact and feel in different ways, a powerful tool to educate and share knowledge is developed".
Insecto Robotario had this purpose, to bring people closer to the environment and technology while having an extraordinary experience.
By making use of diverse technologies, Insecto Robotario created a place where insects were the main characters and humans were just visitors. In this ecosystem, mostly unknown by humans, the importance of insects is to keep the balance of the environment that was revealed by giant insect-robots. They came to life and performed their natural activities as if they were in a normal life-cycle.
With diverse elements the show involved the audience through sounds, stories, scenography, robots and other special effects, to make the experience as real as possible.
Six giant insect- robots
(1:1.000 scale)
Beetle
Spider
Ant
Caterpillar
Grasshopper
Praying mantis
Playing with unnatural proportions, the great microcosm became giant and the humans became the tiny visitors.
Robotha LTDA team for this project
Robotha technology developer: Carlos Alberto Rendón
Robotha design director: Gina Valderrama
Designer: Cynthia Restrepo
Designer: Grace Uribe