Robotics

Number 10 Gets A Screen

We have started upgrading all our robot to run the new RobotFreedom.AI framework. For Number Ten, the main missing piece ...

Updates to RobotFreedom.AI

Since our last update at Maker Faire, we've made significant improvements to our robot lineup, focusing on increasing autonomy, human ...

Arduino Robotic Controller Software Update

The RobotFreedom robots are controlled by two code bases. The first runs on a RaspberryPi and is written in Python ...
Rewiring a robot

Number Nine is Rewired

We are learning weight is everything when it comes to good performance from our robots. One of our best jumpers, ...

Gunnerkrigg Court S13

When people visit our workshop, the first thing they would see is a big box of parts labeled S13. The ...
The Hip Monsters workshop.

Intro to Our Workshop!

In this video Ted from the HipMonster's team shows our workshop and describes how we train our robots. We have ...
Two steampunk robots in a video

Fully Autonomous Robots

This video is the first time we were able to record two of our robots talking autonomously. While we were ...
RaspberryPi DIY Laptop

Getting Started with Raspberry PI

Originally, we set up this site to focus on woodcrafting and painting but as our interests grew, we have increasingly ...

Number One On Its Own

Number One looks very simple, it's just a burnt out hair drier with wheels. As out first design we opted ...
Wooden computer baseboard

Wiring of Number Two and Three

The HipMonster's sister team decided to push our robotics to the next level. They were dissatisfied with remote controlled robots ...

AI as Art

When designing Robot Freedom, our educational presentation on robotics, the HipMonsters  team wanted to make robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) ...
,Wireless relay on a robot

Number Three’s Controller

This post is an old one we forgot to publish a while back. Currently, Number Three is controlled by a ...
Steam punk robot

First Screen Test for Robot Freedom

Here is a preview of HipMonsters.com's next project, Robot Freedom. No robots were destroyed making this, but Number Three had ...

Making of Number Six and Number Seven

After finishing Number three, we wanted to make smaller and lighter walking robots. Leveraging what we had learned from building ...
Steampunk robot

Upgrades to Number Three

Since we discovered how to make Number Five move, we decided to upgrade Number Three. We tried to preserve as ...
Kid-made Dog Robot Number Five

The Making of Number Five

Inspired by the Boston Dynamics robot videos, steampunk art, and Girl Genius, the HipMonster team set out to make their ...

The Making of Number Three

We saw the need for a new robot for halloween, so we made one. This is our steampunk squirrel powered ...