EMAIL: vansickl@erols.com
NAME: John VanSickle
TOPIC: Toys
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
TITLE: Bugbot
WEBPAGE:  http://www.erols.com/vansickl/povray.htm
COUNTRY:  US of A
RENDERER USED:  POV-Ray 3.02
TOOLS USED:  text editor, cmpeg, pencils, paper
CREATION TIME:  12 hrs, 48 minutes on a P166
VIEWING RECOMMENDATION:  This animation loops, so view it on repeat.
ANIMATION DESCRIPTION:  An animated robot walks across the ground.
DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS ANIMATION WAS CREATED:  I took an old model and did the math to articulate the joints so that they followed the path of the feet.  The ground uses a normal_map and the repeat warp in order to have the granite pattern appear to repeat at regular intervals.  I would have used a tiled floor, but everyone's tired of that, I'm sure, and the surface I used made for a smaller .MPG file.