Making Companion Bots
Virtually Maker Faire 2020
May 22nd-23rd
During the Covid-19 stay at home orders, a group of makers have been focusing on our personal robotic projects to help us through the isolation. Join us for a live chat where we'll share our robots and explain a bit more about them and our prototyping process.
Meet the bots!
Nova: A fluffy shoulder companion that lights up and reacts to touch. She is worn like a scarf and uses two servos to create movements that invite people to interact with her. Learn more about Nova on Angela’s Hackaday project page https://hackaday.io/project/169449-nova-a-companion-bot
Dexter: A high-fiving fun monkey bot. He is fully 3D printed, with a PIR sensor so he can sense when people are near and high-five them. He also has animated LED Eye Matrix for multiple emotions.
https://www.hackster.io/Odd_Jayy
Fenrir: Alex’s fennec fox with an AI heart. A new sibling for Archimedes (the owl familiar), Fen is designed to help with daily tasks including transcribing dreams, and experiments in defeating facial recognition technology.
https://www.hackster.io/glowascii
MAKER PROFILES
Alex Glow
Alex creates videos about electronics at Hackster.io, and shares projects including her robot owl familiar Archimedes, music that has orbited the Earth, and LED temporary tattoos. She loves to hack on robots, music, wearables, bikes, cults, language, hackerspaces, brains & dreaming, holography, and more. Find more at alexglow.com and @glowascii <3
https://twitter.com/glowascii/
Jorvon Moss
Friends call me Jayy. I am a Maker and Tinker from Compton, California and I've been featured in Make: Magazine, Hackspace Magazine, Maker Faire, and Hackaday Supercon. I have built multiple companion bots; to keep up with my work follow me on Twitter or Instagram.
https://twitter.com/Odd_Jayy
https://www.instagram.com/odd_jayy/
Angela Sheehan
Angela (Gella) is a maker, artist, and educator passionate about wearable technology, product design, and digital fabrication. She has published over 50 online how-tos and loves to teach others how to make playful and interactive electronic projects. See all her projects at Gellacraft.com and connect with her on Twitter @the_gella.
