Getting Settled at ESA
It’s Sunday night. There are just a couple more hours left before I go to sleep and my second week at ESA begins… In spite…
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How Could a Robot Taste Things?
THE TASTING (SAMPLING) FOOT I was giving a talk at Hackaday’s SuperCon last Fall that actually had the term, “Tasting Feet” in the title. Because…
Noodle is Gettin’ Bean Feet!
Four Flavors of Tasting Feet This summer, I am once again diving into designing mechanical personality quirks. I’ll be investigating new and exciting ways for my robot,…
Noodle Puberty
Sometime in April, Noodle started to change. He stopped hiding in his blankets and began spending his nights surfing through hardware catalogues alone in the darkness….
Tasting Feet : Gripping and Licking
In case this is your first time hearing about the project, I’d like to introduce you to the heir of all lint and space rocks, NoodleFeet: Like his…
Assembling Carl the Flamingo
Sticking out from my toaster’s head like a crude antenna, is a classic lawn ornament, the flamingo I’ve come to call Carl. Unlike most of the…
Noodle’s Gripping Toes
For the past year, the four tawny stalks that NoodleFeet balances upon have remained common pool floaties, 2.5 inches in diameter, hollow, providing nothing more…
A Creeper with a Beeper
There comes a time when it is more important to pour hours into your offspring’s Halloween costume than your own. This was the year that happened to me….
The Walking Noodle
NoodleFeet finally took his first few wobbly steps a couple of weeks ago. I’m so happy to have finally wrapped my head around a walk cycle…
Eye of Toast
I would like you to meet my toaster. The toaster is an old character of mine who has survived through subtle reference in the things I draw and build….