2015 – Page 10 – Marginally Clever Robots

Building your own solenoid engine

2015-03-20 Dan

I’m leaving for a week in Mexico starting tomorrow morning, so I don’t have a lot of time to write a blog post today.
Instead, here’s a random Internet Find of the Week: How to build your own solenoid engine.

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Stewart Platform Progress, 2015-03-18

2015-03-18 Dan

I only had an hour today to work on software, so I started adding the menu items on the right hand side. It’s worth looking at how programs develop to see how other coders think. (more…)

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PancakeBot used GcodeCNCDemo

2015-03-17 Dan

Miguel Valenzuela started building a pancake robot four years ago and now (right now!) his PancakeBot Kickstarter is a huge success. As of now it looks like they’ll hit 400% funded in a few hours. I asked Mr. Valenzuela a few questions about his creative process. (more…)

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Makelangelo Timelapse Video

2015-03-13 Dan

Jenelle sent in a timelapse video of her Makelangelo drawing the Makelab logo. Nice!

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Makelab at DX3 Toronto

2015-03-12 Dan

Jenelle at Makelab made this timelapse of her Makelangelo drawing a DXF of the Makelab logo while at the DX3 conference in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in March of 2015.