ROBOTICS FABRICATION & INSTALLATION

Google Robotics gave back to Mountain View, Googlers, and Google campus visitors by creating one-of-a-kind, functional art installation right in Charleston Park. The team has developed a 21st century Sundial. Using a mobile milling robots, we carefully carved a functional geometric sculpture. Depending on the sun’s position, certain holes in the cube let light through, forming a pattern - or in this case, telling time. An attractive bench surrounds the installation, making it a relaxing destination spot. The sundial is a perfect encapsulation of Google Robotics - an object with demanding requirements, made by a single, dextrous robot working beyond its own wingspan. Built to demonstrate the capabilities of an industrial robot arm that operated on a totally mobile base, the sundial cascaded the number of the hour in brilliant beams of light onto the pavement and was designed to only operate in an exact place, at an exact time, based on the movement of the sun.