Light Play : Brains Nerves and Butts
This past weekend Mark and I got a bunch more work done for the installation. We finished glueing and painting all the shiny black honeycomb pallets, so…
Light Play : Spawning for Maker Faire
Maker Faire in San Mateo is imminent! Last year my partner Mark and I showed an installation of 30 delta robots which mimicked the physical…
noodleFeet : All Wired and Ready
When your baby is learning to walk, you make sure its near soft things and away from stairs so that when the inevitable fall occurs, they…
noodleFeet : Goes Metal
I’ve relied on 3D printing for so many of my prototypes lately, and have finally come to a point where plastic won’t cut it any longer. I…
noodleFeet : Proof of Concept
Last week I started building a new robot who I’m calling noodleFeet! He is essentially a spider-type walker who will locate nearby legs, approach and then…
mechaFeet : Prototyping with Algodoo
I had to wait this week for the sensors I ordered to come in the mail before I continued progress on Jelly. With Jelly on…
jellyBot : Rolley (the second prototype)
Ok, so the proof of concept I worked on back in October looked awesome, but it couldn’t really move on its own… and there were a…
Robot Army : Final Stretch
There was an old woman who lived in a shoe… who had so many deltas she didn’t know what to do. So she put them…
jellyBot : Racky All in one Piece
This weekend I started printing the newly redesigned pieces for my jellyfish robot. I got about 90% finished by Sunday, but not enough was intact to start testing…
My New jellyBot Prototype, Racky
About a year ago I started building a robotic jellyfish inspired by Festo’s submergible AquaJelly. I was just beginning to figure out how to…