The quest to build the perfect steampunk robot continues. Since we had already been introduced to polygonal modeling, we now moved on to modeling in NURBS. Nurbs stands for Non-Uniform-Rational-B-Splines, which is a fancy way for saying a non-standard curve. NURBS differ from polygons in that all surfaces have four boundaries each defined by a curve. For example, all of the tubes here on the robot are NURBS surfaces, essentially a plane wrapped around in a circle and bent along a curve.
NURBS are typically used in more organic shapes and meshes, but they have some merit when it comes to producing large surfaces.
I think I finally decided to name the robot A.L.F.R.E.D.:-Artificial
-Life
-Form
-Robotic
-Energy
-Division
It sounds like an acronym a Victorian-era industrialist might name their robot servant. What are your thoughts?
Um. Batman came immediately to mind.
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