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- 1. Sharing the Inspiration with Robot Kits!
- 2. Why you should make your robot into a kit instead of repairing your beloved robot for the 1000th time please repair me! *ting!* Walter the robot - Chris the Carpenter http://letsmakerobots.com/node/22176
- 3. Robots start out as small contraptions that do one thing and they work. (yes, actually work) uBipeduino - Ro-Bot-X http://letsmakerobots.com/node/30394
- 4. Then we add on more to it it breaks, owch! we fix it! my legs! 23:59 - robotgoldfish http://letsmakerobots.com/node/34111
- 5. Needs to be rewired Why? To add on more to it! Rewire the robot, add on more to it
- 6. Sweet! It’s finally done! And works just great! Robot dance party! Document robot, people want to build it! Cool!
- 7. They try, but get stuck because it is too complicated aww! stuck in a maze again! Do two things: 1) Help them Sr. M Maze Solving Robot - patrickmccabe 2) Create a simpler version http://letsmakerobots.com/node/13985
- 8. *idea!* Make the simplified version a kit
- 9. Why go to the extra effort? Help others get started! BunnyBot - CIID derived from: SERB - oomlout http://flic.kr/p/5WofWt http://oomlout.com/a/products/serb/
- 10. Shared forest of robotic knowledge Ostrich Eggbot http://www.evilmadscientist.com/2011/ostrich-eggbot/
- 11. NEW PEOPLE?!?! SWAAAAAAARM! Where’s WALL-E? - Richard Sargent http://www.hopewellstudios.com
- 12. Robot kit as a stepping stone http://flic.kr/p/6pPTiz
- 13. Ignite more robot builders “Puff” The Magic Fire-Breathing Dragon - Gareth http://letsmakerobots.com/node/6427
- 14. “Robots teach us about ourselves” Rampage Robot - Jose Torres http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:967
Editor's Notes
- Hello! Today let’s talk about sharing the inspiration with robot kits.\n
- Or more like, “why you should make your robot into a kit instead of repairing your beloved robot for the 1000th time”. In the hobby robotics world, we always want to keep our robots alive! They grow on us and eventually become their own characters.\n
- Let’s take a step back in time for a moment! Robots start out as a small contraption, that does only one thing, and it works.\n
- Then we add more on to it, it breaks, and we fix it...\n
- Next it has to be rewired, of course. Why? To add more on to it!\n
- Sweet! It’s done and really works! Other people want to build your robot based off of your documentation too. How cool is that?! There could be multiple of your robot!\n
- But wait, it is too tricky to figure out how someone has made this from scratch! Arg!\nSo now we can do two things, which is help them and create a simpler version.\n
- Simplified version will have more items on the to-do list than the actual finished thing will have. That’s cool. But, while we’re at it. Let’s make the simplified version into a kit version as well.\n
- You look across the lab desk to your favourite robot, which needs some more repairs actually because it ran off the table. WHY should you go through the extra effort of making a redesigned clone of this robot, instead of repairing it and making it even more fancy?\nWell, that’s a good question. One of the best motivational answers is that you can help others get started.\n
- The people interested will be inspired to share their knowledge and experiences. The amount shared knowledge will grow, kind of like a forest created by robots!\n
- And then there will be new people! People who never even thought about robotics, they just enjoyed seeing what your robot can do and they want to make their own. How cool is that?\nThe new people will have new ideas to share about their robot, which will inspire them to add more on to it, or maybe others to add more on to it!\n
- Essentially, the robot kit will become a stepping stone in a path for people to reach what they eventually will make. Kind of like the robot we started with, right!\n
- When we share the inspiration of robot kits with others, we start to ignite more robot builders. This leads me to a quote a wise robot once said to me over Serial.println: {next}\n
- Robots teach us about ourselves. How we behave, think, and act. We have the ability to make robot friends that will be able to unleash the creativity of other people in unique ways. With this in mind, aim to inspire with your next robot creation!\n