Miscellaneous

Hey, friends! Here is what we worked on in the last week, where we are heading next, and how you can join us. Last week I mentioned that I’m trying to sell a vending machine to make room [...]

Recently a good friend asked me to make an adapter to connect the air hose from his vacuum to the air hose on his new scroll saw.  Both were, obviously different sizes.  3D printing to the [...]

I’m finally making progress on a new model.  Starting from the hand and testing as I go.  I made a vault-like lock for a jewelry box and in it I used brass tubes as spacers and [...]

Today I’m pleased to release Makelangelo Software v.7.17.0, the open source control program for our Makelangelo drawing robot.  This new version can now generate spirographs and read [...]

Here is a comprehensive list of all the gcode understood by the Makelangelo firmware.  Please use this guide to create your own gcode generator, to understand the gcode created by Makelangelo [...]

Delta Robot 3 uses three motors turned 60 degrees from each other to achieve XYZ translation motion.  It is most popularly known in the Kossel 3D printer.  You might have seen one of our robots [...]

Today I’m pleased to announce that the Makelangelo robots are now 100% Open Hardware.  Get all the open hardware laser cutting and 3D printing files for the Makelangelo 5 and Makelangelo 3 [...]

It would be easy to set a camera next to the printer, set a fixed time lapse between shots, and let it run the while the printer does what it do…. but I want better than that: I want the [...]

Robot arms can decouple (separate) the arm doing the work from the mind thinking about the work.  Here are a few ideas of how you can benefit. Robot arms decoupling for Health and Safety Robots [...]

As part of filming the Kickstarter video a team member suggested a video of putting two pieces together via robot.  Of course!  So we got down to it… and it was the most nail-biting thrill [...]