Machine · 2024 · From the bench

The Humanoid

A humanoid that looks back at you. An articulated face, eyes that move, and a torso driven by banks of servos, all run from a joystick. It started as a head on the bench and kept growing. The first comment it ever got: "That's fantastic, and now it's gonna freak you out."

Built: 2024
What it is: Machine
Status: On the bench
Our role: Design, mechanics, electronics, code
Inside: servo arrays, an articulated face, moving eyes, a 3-axis joystick, [controller to confirm]

How it works

[How the face and eyes are driven, how the joystick maps to the motion, and what's next for it.]

More work

Placeholder illustration of a TinyRobot worker bot. [Replace with a photo of the drawing robot at work.]

Machine · From the bench · 2021

Robots That Draw

A hanging robot that redraws Charles's drawings, a robot that paints watercolor with him, and an etch-a-sketch that draws by itself.

Placeholder illustration of a TinyRobot toolbox bot. [Replace with a photo of the shop.]

Tool · From the bench · 2021

Tools That Build the Things

Before you build the thing, you build the tools: a CNC router from scratch, a power hacksaw brought back to life, and more.