A Robot Lumberjack Chainsaws Trees Into Chairs

We post this with the deepest of apologies to your favorite Amish furniture store. Chainsaw sculptors are a sight to see. In ice or wood, it’s mind-bending to watch their rough cuts become intricate figures. Add a giant robot to the mix, and juxtaposition between industry and art gets only more fun. The 7xStool is a furniture set carved by a robot wielding a chainsaw. An invention of Tom Pawlofsky and Tibor Weissmahr in conjunction with Echtwald and Kkaarrlls, the robot is basically a performance artist running a CAD script. In about 35 minutes, it turns a plain log into a pair of solid wood stools (along with what you could label either leftover scrap or a pretty cool-looking coffee table if you got a chunk of glass).Read Full Story