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Stilt Pants – Materials and Copying Pattern

Posted on June 4, 2024 by peter

Today’s task is choosing materials for the stilt pants and creating a pattern for the shorts baseball stilt pants. Last week I created a test pants pattern, sewed it, and put it on Leah. When the shorts fabric arrives, I … Continue reading →

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Egg Robot – Walking Version

Posted on June 2, 2024 by peter

Today I finished the assembly of the walking version of my Egg Robot. Egg Robot wobbles like an egg (or a penguin). The basic mechanicals and electronics were assembled this week. I’ve function tested the electronics with a basic program. … Continue reading →

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Stilt Pants Planning

Posted on May 22, 2024 by peter

This blog hasn’t really contained much of my circus or sewing hobbies. That changes today I guess. These entries will document my process for developing a set of stilt pants for my dear friend. She is currently borrowing a pair, … Continue reading →

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Egg Robot Cyclops (v3)

Posted on May 22, 2024 by peter

Egg Robot is a Cyclops! Making the Egg Robot (Ham-Steak) into a credible toy means not leaving the internals dangling around where they could be damaged. Version 3 of the Egg Robot adds front and rear covers that protect the … Continue reading →

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Out of Control PIDs

Posted on May 22, 2024 by peter

This week’s post is less of a how-to and more of a “how-to?” I’ve got some ideas about the basics of PID controls, but this system is giving me trouble. I updated the PID control system on Egg-Bot Version 2. … Continue reading →

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1-D Egg Robot – Version 2

Posted on May 3, 2024 by peter

This week I made some changes to the Egg Bot and named it version 2 (even though it’s really a version 1.5 probably). I combined the servo and circuit board mounting into a single bracket, printed the new bracket, and … Continue reading →

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Egg Robot – 1-Dimensional Balancing Robot

Posted on April 27, 2024 by peter

Presenting the Egg Robot (aka “ham steak”), a 1-dimensional balancing robot. The main purpose of the robot is to balance at different angles. The balancing will be accomplished by adjusting the center of gravity of the robot using a weighted … Continue reading →

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Emotive Eyes Complete

Posted on April 27, 2024 by peter

This is the completed first version of the emotive eyes project. It was successful in that it was motivation to re-calibrate my 3d printer and make some modular eyes for future projects. I am not really satisfied with the animations … Continue reading →

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Emotive Robotics – Expressive Eyes

Posted on April 17, 2024 by peter

Today’s project is making “expressive” eyes. Eyes can serve dual functions: in addition to observing the world around you, in many animals they also serve to express interest or other emotions. In this project I am focusing on the latter, … Continue reading →

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Piratey Trapeze and Juggling Spectacular!

Posted on December 5, 2023 by peter

Follows is a video of my performance of a Piratey Trapeze and Juggling routine at the Commonwealth Circus Center (C3) Fall 2023 show in Boston, MA. Video credits to C3 community member Jordan Cox/Beren Jones. Special thanks goes to my … Continue reading →

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