Meet our Ambassadors:
- Celoon Dion
Chaos is always better in pairs, and with this in mind Celoon Dion was built as a companion piece for Gooestoph. Building on the basic concept I added in a spring loaded articulating head to give me greater possibilities for interaction with viewers. The springs protect the servo motors from being damaged when spectators give… Read more: Celoon Dion - Lester Beaver Pearson
Lester is a rideable electric beaver, and a rolling mascot for all things Canadian. Built in 2015 for the Calgary Maker Faire, Lester has since been involved in numerous Canada Day festivities, multiple citizenship ceremonies, and plenty of other shenanigans. Underneath the covers Lester began life as a pair of surplus wheelchair motors, from there… Read more: Lester Beaver Pearson - Goosetoph
Goosetoph is a radio controlled puppet based around a plastic goose decoy. Originally built in a couple days as a mechanical prototype to test the diamond shaped drive system (two drive wheels in the middle, a single caster at each end), he has now become a popular, albeit unsanctioned, addition to many festivals and events.… Read more: Goosetoph
Mission
We at the Canadian Robot Wildlife Service strive to create electric wildlife and the support systems by which they function with a particular focus on low voltage migratory animals.
Some context for our non-Canadian, or readers born past the mid 90’s:
The Canadian Wildlife Service had an extensive public outreach arm with educational videos about Canadian wildlife. A series of funding cuts from the mid 80’s to 2000’s gutted this portion of its mission. We’ve decided to appropriate their banned from official use logo and mission statement, with some minor updates.