B.Light Design

Some new robots.

Crazy to think of all of the work that goes into assemblies that no one will even see.

I made a couple of Captain America inspired robots for my nephew’s birthday. They don’t do much, except stand up to major punishment and promote liberty and justice for all. Just like Cap.

Finally installed the vacuum formed heart, I made a few months back, into a robot.

The birthday girl wants a Mickey robot, the girl gets a Mickey robot. Meet M.I.C.K.E.Y., two tuna cans, a a green bean can, two old Kodak 50mm film canisters, a couple washers, and some white push buttons.

Happy birthday Georgie.

The latest Robot Recipe toy I’m working on. This one came from a chili dinner, so I creatively call it Chili Bot.

The three latest robot toys, mid-build.

I’m very honored that my concept, Robot Ambulance, has been accepted into Make: Ultimate Maker Vehicle Challenge.

Robot Ambulance is a toy robot fabrication lab on wheels. The goal of the project is to drive to schools, Maker Faires, or birthday parties and get kids making. More project details here.

Voting started today to decide the winners of the contest. Judging is based on overall Design, unique Customizations, and Maker Spirit embedded within. Vote for as few or as many entries once per day as you wish.

Thanks to Matt Richardson for the video help and Michelle Temple for the photographs.

Robot sculptures by Gordon Bennette. They are in a store window on 5th Ave at 16th St. Totally worth checking out if you’re in the neighborhood.

When Jason and I finally decided to enter the ELE contest, we had about a week to do it. So the project was going to be a quick one and on the cheap. It turns out, I had just about everything I needed to make 3 robot heads in my apartment.

I put some time into two of the heads, the third one was basically just a white board, spray painted silver (not my best work).

The body was a wooden frame bolted to the back of an office chair. I sat backwards on the chair to operate the heads.

 

We even put a little site together for the good doctor.