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Here's a wonderfully bizarre, terrifically imaginative project from Industrial Design student Segev Kaspi. Called Forest Ranger Druids, it's Kaspi's graduation project at Israel's Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art, and was intended to "stimulate public discussion of atmospheric CO2 levels and the importance of rehabilitating the world's forests." Kaspi has envisioned some startling forms at the intersection of robotics and character design:
"A series of robotic forest rangers were developed to support reforestation efforts and sustainable forest management."
"Each robot is assigned a defined role in managing and preserving the forest. Their roles and design language reflect a long process of studying the work of forest rangers and an attempt to gain an in-depth understanding of the needs of the world's forests."
"The robotic foresters operate in systems that change in accordance with the forest's needs, and can function as separate individuals or as members of work groups."
"The project's visual and conceptual power derives from the hybrid connection of two worlds that are perceived as opposites – nature and technology – to offer a possible solution for an urgent problem."
Here's animations of the tasks they'd perform:
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Check out more of Kaspi's work here.
I’m a lapsed industrial designer. I was born in NYC and figured I’d die there, but a few years ago I abandoned New York to live on a farm in the countryside with my wife. We have six dogs.
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Industrial Design Student Work: Segev Kaspi's Forest Ranger Druids
Segev Kaspi's Forest Ranger Druids concepts should be brought to life. It's both futuristic and realistic, something that is needed to keep the ecosystem in balance. Companies worldwide could invest in this project and would do so knowing their investment would return in sustainable resource development. The project will also raise awareness of the state of our forests currently and will most probably invoke many to feel obligated to change for the betterment of the planet. We also can't ignore the spark in innovation that this project can bring to the design world, this will challenge designers and engineers across the globe to come up with not only the most creative but effective ranger druids. Similar to the cyberpunk community, these forest ranger druids' concepts can reach popularity unimaginable. Create trends like fashion statements and improve wildlife reservations. An existing armory concept will most probably be Ironman, so Sergev will have to make sure he takes pointers from Tony Stark when going ahead with this, or else we might have a situation where the ranger druids decide to go rogue and wipe humans off of the face of the Earth as we are the reason why our forests are in the state that they are. All jokes aside this is an amazing concept and I for one would love to see where this concept ends up.
Segev Kaspi's Forest Ranger Druids concepts should be brought to life. It's both futuristic and realistic, something that is needed to keep the ecosystem in balance. Companies worldwide could invest in this project and would do so knowing their investment would return in sustainable resource development. The project will also raise awareness of the state of our forests currently and will most probably invoke many to feel obligated to change for the betterment of the planet. We also can't ignore the spark in innovation that this project can bring to the design world, this will challenge designers and engineers across the globe to come up with not only the most creative but effective ranger druids. Similar to the cyberpunk community, these forest ranger druids' concepts can reach popularity unimaginable. Create trends like fashion statements and improve wildlife reservations. An existing armory concept will most probably be Ironman, so Sergev will have to make sure he takes pointers from Tony Stark when going ahead with this, or else we might have a situation where the ranger druids decide to go rogue and wipe humans off of the face of the Earth as we are the reason why our forests are in the state that they are. All jokes aside this is an amazing concept and I for one would love to see where this concept ends up.
Kind of offended by the use of my Keltic ancestors religion's name being used for this. How about Drone.? Something, Something Warsaw Sewer Rabbi Robot seem offensive to anyone? After all that was a long time ago. They're almost all dead now.