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Welcome to the Klanky the Robot website! Update: February 2026 I'm finally getting around to updating this website -- Life tends to get in the way of a lot of projects! I started the "Armed and Dangerous" animation project back in 2004, and it had some ambitious goals. At that time, none of the renderers that were available could handle the requirements in terms of quality or the amount of data they could handle. As a result, I had to make a number of compromises and ultimately wasn't happy with the results. I ended up setting the project aside. Recent improvements in rendering technology, including Autodesk's Arnold and Chaos Group's V-Ray renderers, have made it possible to do what I had planned, and I'm working on finishing that project as time allows. In 2014 I joined Autodesk to work on 3ds Max as part of the Modeling team, and that has kept me busy enough that extra time for animation projects has been scarce. Meanwhile, I've been updating and improving Klanky's meshes and animation tools, and improving 3ds Max modeling tools, and the updated Klanky is much better than before (the original meshes for Klanky were created in 1996, when we had to be more careful about polygon counts!) Anyway, please check back periodically and I hope to keep the site up to date much better than in the past 16 years! Update: May 2010 Klanky has been on hiatus for a while so that we could get some important hurdles out of the way. I'm still working on finishing up his first animated film, "Armed and Dangerous", which has turned out to be quite a technical challenge. Check it out on our "Projects" page. While the first project is still getting finished up, I have started work on a second short, "One Fine Sol". Stay tuned for more information on this fun project. Latest Updates New character
animation system! September 12, 2006 If you're a user of Autodesk's 3ds max animation software (and I hope you are), you'll enjoy our satellite site, max.klanky.com! This site has my "Greeble" plug-in for 3ds max releases 3-2011 and I'll be posting additional plug-ins and other max-related items as time permits. In the early 1980's, my computer graphics career began at an Atari computer magazine published in Massachusetts. ANALOG Computing was a great place to work, and I thought it would be fun to share some information on the company and the people who worked there. Visit our satellite site, analog.klanky.com to find out more! It's a well-known fact that robots love orchids. Check out Klanky's satellite site, orchids.klanky.com, to see what the ol' Klankster's got blooming right now! Also, there's information on growing these incredible plants! Klanky's human friend, Tom, likes to play chess, so we now have a satellite site devoted to this great game. Check it out! Visit chess.klanky.com! |
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