Bumper Bot
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Published on May 31, 2012
This thing was Featured on May 31, 2012
Description
Bumper Bot Scyphozoa Domelia
Hello,my name is Jason Bakutis. I designed and built Bumper Bot to be a part of Makerbot's Robot Petting Zoo for the 2012 Maker Faire season.
Some of you may have already seen Bumper Bot in action. If so, then you also saw how much the children (of all ages) enjoyed his company.
Bumper Bot is a friendly species of robot. He patiently finds his way around, whistling as he goes. If something blocks his path, he finds another way around. He can also be programmed to perform a variety of tasks.
Oh yeah, he also has googly eyes, jets, and arcade buttons.
I designed Bumper Bot to be built by others, with intuitive, easy to follow, steps. He is engineered in a way that encourages modification, so it is really easy to give your Bot personality.
I look forward to the many awesome variations you all will come up with as you help populate the world with the next generation of Bumper Bots!
Created by Jason Bakutis
Hello,my name is Jason Bakutis. I designed and built Bumper Bot to be a part of Makerbot's Robot Petting Zoo for the 2012 Maker Faire season.
Some of you may have already seen Bumper Bot in action. If so, then you also saw how much the children (of all ages) enjoyed his company.
Bumper Bot is a friendly species of robot. He patiently finds his way around, whistling as he goes. If something blocks his path, he finds another way around. He can also be programmed to perform a variety of tasks.
Oh yeah, he also has googly eyes, jets, and arcade buttons.
I designed Bumper Bot to be built by others, with intuitive, easy to follow, steps. He is engineered in a way that encourages modification, so it is really easy to give your Bot personality.
I look forward to the many awesome variations you all will come up with as you help populate the world with the next generation of Bumper Bots!
Created by Jason Bakutis
Instructions
Bumper Bot is a simple project, with no need for an advanced understanding of electronics. However, there are areas that can be elaborated upon (i.e; the Arcade buttons), if you so choose.
The "engine" for the Bumper Bot is a Scribbler S2 robot by Parallax, which is able to be programmed by a 5th grader. Again, one has the freedom to "go deeper" using the free, open source S2 GUI.
The parts, all together, take somewhere between 50 and 60 hours to print (he's a biggie), but this is calculated with extra shells, so that can be shortened considerably. Not a single Bumper Bot suffered any damage after being handled by literally thousands of children, mostly in the 2-5 age group (!)
The actual assembly only takes, at most, 2 hours, and is a pleasurable experience (I should know, I built 5 of them).
Refer to the Bumper Bot Instructions.pdf for detailed assembly instructions.
Have Fun!
-Jason Bakutis
The "engine" for the Bumper Bot is a Scribbler S2 robot by Parallax, which is able to be programmed by a 5th grader. Again, one has the freedom to "go deeper" using the free, open source S2 GUI.
The parts, all together, take somewhere between 50 and 60 hours to print (he's a biggie), but this is calculated with extra shells, so that can be shortened considerably. Not a single Bumper Bot suffered any damage after being handled by literally thousands of children, mostly in the 2-5 age group (!)
The actual assembly only takes, at most, 2 hours, and is a pleasurable experience (I should know, I built 5 of them).
Refer to the Bumper Bot Instructions.pdf for detailed assembly instructions.
Have Fun!
-Jason Bakutis
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bstott
on
June 2, 2012
said:
Many of us still have the Thing-O-Matic. Could you release versions of your cool items that have components to print on the TOM. Such as: Scaled to be a TOM item too. Cut to print on a TOM. - A TOM Release and a Replicator Release? Please. :-D
Darthwahl
on
June 1, 2012
said:
I saw the fleet of them in action at Maker Faire. It wasn't just the kids that were having a blast playing with them. Fantastic design, very well done.
MakerCubed
on
May 31, 2012
said:
Reminds me of the little spaceships from the movie "Batteries Not Included" :-D
License
Where is the "dome.stl" I don't see it in the downloads? Trying to print all the parts, but that one's missing.