Haven taken some time off from work for the Christmas holiday season, I am back in the saddle of building/designing my robot. Hereby the fruits of my labor for the first week. The efforts so far have been in optimizing the design for printing and assembly. This mostly involved foreseeing problems, correcting them, printing, finding […]
Tag: Robotica
SpiderBot 3D Printer goes to grade school... with upgrades
On Thursday 22 November at elementary school De Bras in Nootdorp (the Netherlands) (link) a hour and half long workshop was held about Robots and 3D printing for 25 enthusiastic kids of classes 7 and 8 with an extreme amount of curiosity and questions. (more…)
Project Tachikoma, prototype III first 3D prints
Several parts for the Tachikoma’s third prototype leg have now been printed in both blue and gray ABS. In this article an overview, with images, lessons learned and design considerations for the next print iteration. (more…)
Project Tachikoma, Make Magazine interview
During the Design for 3D printing course on Udemy I was approached by Thomas Parker of Make Magazine through the accompanying Google+ community. To promote the course on the Make blog he wanted to interview one of the participants. (more…)
The Spiderbot 3D printer, expanding at home manufacturing possibilities
To have more manufacturing capabilities at home for fabricating parts for my hobby, the choice has been made to purchase a 3D printer. Once decided to get one of these, the real party begins. 3D printers come in all shapes and sizes in the hobby sector, each with its own set of functionality and price […]