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Robots that scroll

Tech From Here: NL · Dutch Design Week 2026

The work this post covers and every source it draws on, each linked to the original.

The workSee the work on the Dutch Design Week programme ddw.nl

Other sources

  1. Do not state an edition size (DDW kit says 25 tjep.com
  2. OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 11.5 openstax.org
  3. Infinite scroll (tjep.com) tjep.com

Images, slide by slide

Slide 1
A rust-colored steel robot with gears and a jointed arm touches the screen of a smartphone it holds upright on a white plinth: one of the Valets in Infinite ScrollPhoto: Tjep.Museum or journal record
Slide 2
A stainless steel Valet robot with a large gear wheel holds a glowing smartphone on a white plinth, its arm resting against the screenPhoto: Tjep.Museum or journal record
Slide 3
Diagram of a hand seen from the palm: the thenar muscles are shaded at the base of the thumb, and the flexor pollicis longus runs from the forearm, with its tendon reaching the thumb tipImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 11.5, (read 28 Oct 2026): "The flexor pollicis longus bends the tip of the thumb." It originates on the anterior surface of the radius and the interosseous membrane. The thenar muscles form the thenar eminence, the rounded contour of the base of the thumb, and all act on the thumb. Source line drawn on the graphicMuseum or journal record
Slide 4
Diagram of a hand seen from the palm, with tendon lines running from the forearm into the hand under an orange band across the wrist labeled flexor retinaculumImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn. Checked against OpenStax Anatomy and Physiology 2e, section 11.5 (read 28 Oct 2026): "Fibrous bands called retinacula sheath the tendons at the wrist"; the flexor retinaculum extends over the palmar surface; tendons slide back and forth. Source line drawn on the graphic
Slide 5
Chart of seven rows of sixty small bars, one per minute from 11:00 to 18:00, adding up to 420 swipes in a day for one robotImage: RN Collins studio, code-drawn
Ring frame
Musical box, Rijksmuseum (BK-16132)Frame: Rijksmuseum, PD, croppedMuseum or journal record

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