PancakeBot is an open source, open hardware breakfast making robot made from LEGO . Miguel built the version 1 for his daughters and since then it has appeared at the NY Maker Faire, on TV, and his videos have gone viral. See what all the fuss is about
Once you get first principles working they become like building blocks – it’s easy to reuse them over and over again. Take a look at what you can do with a steady supply of linear actuators. So many great CNC machines from the one mechanism!
I think the lesson here is study hard and make sure you know your fundamentals. Learning music? Practice your arpeggios. Programming? Get your design patterns memorized. Homework, homework, homework.
I’m still waiting to see someone do something awesome with Rolamite. Will anyone accept the challenge?
In a recent post about delta robot phone testing I showed an image of one of our Delta robots made from laser cut acrylic. In that model the plastic parts still had their blue protective cover. Here it is with the blue peeled off.
Thanks for the tweet, Justin!
PS: We’re on Hackaday, again!
If you’ve read the previous posts about building a CNC machine that understands GCODE, you’ll know that we only went as far as to draw straight lines. In this article we’re going to look at how to draw arcs. (more…)
Imagine a live, 4k video version of Google Earth. The whole planet, all the time, live and to the minute. Speeding is now impossible, because traffic control is completely automated. Troop buildup and movement is monitored constantly, making surprise attacks very difficult to pull off. How does a major oil company control the story about their latest leak or explosion when everyone can watch the plumes spread as they happen? Even petty crimes become difficult.
Assuming (and it’s a big assumption) that the data isn’t being doctored. There’s no way to be certain anyone broadcasting data is telling the truth. If only we had a lot of individually controlled cameras all broadcasting a corroborating story. Oh, look! Project Tango. Hm.
