Robotics

Belvedere the butlerbot

Belvedere the butlerbot

Butlerbots are starting to finally become more popular, many built upon the iRobot Create platform. Such is the case with Belvedere, who cracks jokes, serves appetizers (and cake!) at parties, and is teaching one-year-old Ethan how to dance like a cylindrical robot with no rhythm. Belvedere – A Butler Robot

Tortellini the Turtle Bot

Tortellini the Turtle Bot

We’re going to be doing a more thorough round-up of some of the other amazing entries in the Make: Robot Build, but we wanted to give a special shout-out to Jasmine (11) and her dad Shane’s truly unique project, Tortellini the Turtle Bot. As we said, the judging was really hard because we had so […]

Make: Robot Build deadline extended!

Make: Robot Build deadline extended!

JesterVineo’s awesome HUL-10 2.0 — that’s right, he and his kids built TWO coasterbots! We’ve decided to extend the deadline on the Make: Robot Build, until Monday, May 10, 11:59pm PDT. We’ve seen a number of amazing projects in the works and wanted to make sure everyone has time to submit their entries. This will […]

Maple seed-inspired flying vehicle

When we did our Alex Rider contest, one of the kids proposed a tiny spy cam built into a faux maple leaf one could launch with a slingshot. We thought it was a clever idea. Some researchers at the University of Maryland’s Dept. of Aerospace Engineering were similarly inspired by samara seed pods and created […]