
Fully Autonomous Robots
This video is the first time we were able to record two of our robots talking autonomously. While we were ...

Maker Faire Bay Area Robot’s View
Thanks to everyone who helped this year's Maker Faire Bay Area be so special! We are looking forward to seeing ...

Bell Hopper – Contraption Delta
For our upcoming Maker Faire presentation we wanted to make robotics more approachable. One barrier to robotics is, by its ...

Leibniz Calculator- Contraption Gamma
For the upcoming Maker Faire the Hip Monster's sisters team wanted a challenge. Something that required precision and also aligned ...

Bay Area Maker Faire Update
The HipMonster's team was quiet online over the summer but working hard in our workshop finishing up our educational presentation ...

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 ...

Project 75762- Maker Faire 2024!
We are delighted to say the Hip Monsters will present Robot Freedom at the this year Bay Area Maker Faire! ...

Number Three’s Controller
This post is an old one we forgot to publish a while back. Currently, Number Three is controlled by a ...

Cosplay Dragon Tail
One thing we have always been jealous of is tails. Cats and dogs flaunt them as they strut around waving ...

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 ...

Upgrades to Number Three
Since we discovered how to make Number Five move, we decided to upgrade Number Three. We tried to preserve as ...

Girl Genius Steampunk Webcomic
Girl Genius is a webcomic started in 2002 written by Phil and Kaja Foglio and colored by Cheyenne Wright about ...

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 ...

Steampunk Jewelry
Where technology and beauty meet, our steampunk jewelry embraces the genius within! This collection of steampunk jewelry is fit for ...

Steampunk Contraption Model Beta
The Hip Monsters team decided to make something that interests people when they walk into the room. Inspired by Girl ...

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 ...

Monster: Lin the Dragon
Born from one of our favorite bushes and a failed costume, Lin the dragon was our most complex monster at ...

Monster: Hummingbird
The hummingbird monster was made from a branch too weak to be used for other projects. We decided to make ...

Monster: Anteater
We call this monster the Anteater. The Anteater monster was a wonderful branch that was too split to make a ...

Sun-Moon-Earth Orrery
Getting started Need to track the moon phases for that perfect time to cast a spell? Worried about when you ...

Wooden Monster: Allie
The HipMonsters team does not like trees going to waste, so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood too ...