Corey and I have been working on a new rover model. If you are going to this year's Maker Faire in  San Mateo, CA, check it out at the Type A Machines booth! Ask to take it for a spin! It will be fully drive-able with RC controls. 

The TE+ND working model is going to Australia! It will be shown at the MOP Projects Gallery in Sydney as part of the Intra-Action Exhibition presented as part of the Australian Animal Studies Group Conference at the University of Sydney, July 8-10, 2013. It will be shown along with works from Kathy High and Beatrice de Costa (among many others). Special thanks to the University of New South Wales, University of Sydney, and MOP for hosting. A very special thanks to Madeleine Boyd and Dr. Eben Kirksey for putting it all together. Check out the Intra-Action Exhibition website here.

7 Ladies of Maker Faire

My buddy Denise H. just texted me about the 7 Ladies of Maker Faire! Apparently I'm one of them.
Thanks Maker Faire!
http://blog.makezine.com/2013/03/26/chatting-with-7-ladies-of-maker-faire/

Gigantic gears!

Corey and I have been using the Tormach CNC mill at Techshop SF to mill out some very big gears. These gears take about eight hours to mill and we need at least four (but we're probably going to make six). We've taken lots of time in figuring out a better (and maybe a little faster) way to make them. Did I mention there're big?

The square blanks at the top of the last image are for some internal gears we are also going to mill.

Bones!

Bones! In Nov. and Dec. we milled out all of the bones (linkages) we need using the Tormach CNC mill at Techshop SF. What a fabulous tool!

Water jet cutting rover parts! Thanks TechShop SF!

Thanks to the TechShop in San Francisco, Corey and I have been cutting out parts for the TE+ND rover. I've taken some video of how the water jet cuts out our aluminum feet and hips. Thanks TechShop for donating three months of membership!

Corey and I have teamed up with Jenn (an ME) and Ray (a structural engineer) to double check the awesomeness of the Rover! Snapshot of the team meeting below (provided by Josh Stanley).