A hermaphroditic robotic system that detects the territorial "drumming" of a Pileated Woodpecker and responds with its male sub-system by drumming to declare its own territory, its female sub-system then suggesting via the drum-tap signal that this is also a good place to excavate a nest hole. The machine has no capacity to excavate.

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Assistant: Benjamin Welmond

Thanks to: Jill Larson, Marc Maier, Anne Wodtcke, and Ulrich and Tomma Galonska

Supported in part by a Fred Rogers Center Early Career Fellowship and a residency at PLATFORM in Munich, Germany sponsored by the Fe Gallery International Artist Residency Program.