Category Archives: Plateo-bot

Plateo-bot 5: mounting the beast

Posted on March 30, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Robby Gilbert of Billings Productions Inc. kindly emailed me some photos of the Plateo-bot being mounted at the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne, FL.

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Plateo-bot 4: getting real

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

The Plateosaurus robot was finally going from maquette to the real thing (i.e., the full size model) when Robby Gilbert sent these pictures:

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Plateo-bot 3

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

After I’d sent my initial critique and a request for more pictures of the Plateosaurus maquette to the company, artist Jeff sent me more pictures and a list of changes he had already implemented: 1.) I changed the number of … Continue reading →

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Plateo-bot part 2

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

Last time, I showed you these photos of the Plateosaurus maquette made by Jeff Matney, the lead sculptor at Billings Productions Inc. Steve P. commented: Can I preempt a few of your reactions? 1) Overall too slenderly built, especially belly and … Continue reading →

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Plateo-bot part 1

Posted on February 21, 2012 by Heinrich Mallison

On June 8 of last year I received an email from one Robby Gilbert. Robby is the Prehistoric Display Advisor for Billings Productions Inc., a company that makes robotic dinosaurs. Now, robotic dinosaurs – I feel quite strongly about them, … Continue reading →

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