Robot builder talks about his My Dummy project
MAKE editor-in-chief Mark Frauenfelder talks with bot builder Daniel O’Connell at Maker Faire about My Dummy, a mildly disturbing robot child who rides around on a tricycle. My Dummy
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Humanoid robot mows lawn (sort of)
Are mini-humanoids, such as the popular ROBO-ONE, ready to do useful work? You decide, as well-known ROBO-ONE competitors, the Sugiura family, relax in their yard while Mega-Dynamizer uses what looks like a modified electric lawn trimmer to very slowly mow the lawn (before he falls over after getting stuck on the dog house). Home Robot […]
Maker Faire 2008: Robots!
Robots! Robots! People from all over the world came to experience the fun and excitement at this years Maker Faire in California. Here are just some of the amazing robots we saw. To download Maker Faire 2008 Robots MP4 click here or subscribe in iTunes.
Crabfu’s SwashBot 3, now crabbier
I-Wei thought his SwashBot 2 was cool and all, but had lost some of the character of his original SwashBot. So, he built a third version that combines the mobility of the second with the charm and personality of his first crab bot. To build the body and the leg components, he used an amazing […]
The Best of Maker Faire 2008
Check out all the fun and excitement at this year’s Maker Faire in San Mateo, California. People from all over the world came to experience this amazing event. Take a look at some of the highlights and make plans to attend the next Maker Faire. To download Maker Faire 2008 MP4 click here or subscribe […]
Chief Cook Robot learns by doing
It’s always nice to see ‘darn cute’ & ‘genuinely interesting’ join forces – especially when it demonstrates autonomous extraction of task constraints (to the Benny Hill theme) – The Chief Cook Robot learning to cook an omelet by whipping eggs, cutting ham and grating cheese. Through the use of a probabilistic model using Gaussian Mixture […]
The art of the junkbot
These are some of the coolest junkbot sculptures I’ve seen. Really clever use of computer mice parts, windshield wiper pieces, vacuum cleaner parts, and misc. plastic trash. While most of them are merely decorative, some function as desk lamps. Mouser [Make: Flickr Pool]
