#370 Human Catcher

My much delayed robot is finally done. Well, it was done two weeks ago but I had to travel for work and didn't get pictures taken.

Here is the human catching robot, steely eyes gazing for rogue meat bags.


Ready to sweep up vermin with its net.

Stainless steel sheet, computer parts, strip steel, a little net from an old fondue set, wood dowel, plastic covers for light boxes and weird light adapters for eyes. I learned that I will not try making a robot using my sheet stainless again unless it is strictly welding, I broke 6 or 7 drill bits trying to make holes in this, even my high end bits had trouble. Finally used a nail to punch a hole then widen with the bit.

IOU #2 #348 Skeleton Bot

Ok for reals, this is the last robot! In recognition of it being Skull Appreciation Day I needed my IOU robot to be skull related. So here is a skeleton robot.
Sorry I miscounted, I suppose I could blame Florida for the miscount :D And I am now really done with 365. Thanks to all again!

Wooden hanging skeleton cut out. paint and computer parts.

#365 Another SkullBot to bookend things

So here I am at the end of a year of making robots. I can't believe my year is done now! Granted, I missed a couple days of making a robot but made up for it by making multiple robots in a day to try and stay true to the 365. And I did do a couple 'guest posts' but overall it has been a neat experience, my creativity is way higher than it ever has been and best of all I am not sick of robots. In fact I will be continuing the robot a day site here but I'll be on a less strict schedule than before. This give me time to try out a few robot ideas that will take a bit more patience than I can allow for a daily project.
Most robots done here were thought up shortly before creation and many I only had an hour or less to come up with and work with something (the bummer of working for a living). I highly encourage everyone to do a 365 project, even if you don't do something every day, it still is a good way to get your creativity going.

Many thanks to my dedicated commenters, Mr. Noah Scalin for the original project and inspiration (pick up his 365 creative journal and fire up your creativity), Dudecraft.com for regular inspiration as well, The Daily Robot for awesome inspiration and some great art that now is in my houe, Robot a day for more robot ideas and inspiration, all you other 365ers who have commented and inspired me, anyone else I forgot and most importantly my dear wife Paloma for her support and understanding of my crazy whims and this project!

Now - Robot #365 - I wanted to bookend things with another SkullBot. Initially this was going to be a Skullicopter - a fusion of the skull to my mini-helicopter but I couldn't get it to fly right so here is what I came up with. Plastic skull, board from a dead PC speaker, hand cut aluminum sheet metal, plastic wire loom, IKEA creepy hand drawer pulls and some computer parts (and a googly eye for good measure!). Had to use a crapton of hot glue to hold this guy in place (the poor person's epoxy :D )


Thank you again all for following and commenting. Another robot will be here, but maybe after I take a week off! Now if you excuse me it is Adult Beverage Time!

#341 Beatnik Robot Head

Hey daddy-o can you dig the groove?

Found what reminded me of a beatnik inside a DSL filter that I was taking apart to see what was in it. Apparently beatnik robot heads are what is in DSL filters then.

Daddy-o.

#322 Orangey Bot

Orangey arms and head, body made from a faucet aerator and phone splitter. Finally moved in and have my main computer hooked up again.

#308 Octobot

Thinking of PZ Myers and his Friday cephalopod here is an Octobot

Parts from a broken emergency light, cable loom, PC speaker and a googly eye.

#306 Surprise!

OMG! What a surprise!


Cover from a mouse, looked like it was happy and particularly surprised (or at least that's what I saw), so here's a happy surprised robot.

#304 El Torero!

Stepping in to the robotoro ring, only the bravest of Robotorero compete.


Computer parts and construction paper.

#300 MADNESS? THIS IS SPARTABOT!!!!!!

LE0-D0NI5 is a Spartan Bot. Ready to hold back the P34-51@N robots as long as possible.



#300 just calls for that old meme SPARTA!
Two tennis balls, a piece of felt for the frill, plastic pieces from windshield wiper adapters, pipe stem and RAM with some Sharpie.
A shot outside my light box which was not cooperating today.

#298 Retired Robot

Being a high tech piece of equipment can be a brutal existence, before you know it you're obsolete and retired.


3.5" floppy, cardboard and paper with some Sharpie for good measure.

#283 Flashing Robot

Today was a 'make a functioning-ish robot' day. Here is a robot with flashing lights in its chest.


And some video of the lights flashing:

#282 Nightmare Generator

What I imagine some robots would have nightmares about running in to.

Various parts including the case from a SD card, computer chips and a googly eye

#280 Just another robot

Having nothing witty or creative to say at this time here is just another robot.

Wood peg painted, routed out a little with a Dremel, googly eyes, computer parts,

#274 Purple Headed Warrior

This purple headed warrior robot is ready for hand to hand action. It possesses a firm grip of any situation and will rise to any occasion to prove its hardened steel mettle.

#259 SCIENCE!

This automaton has donated its chassis to science. It is now used as a teaching aid in a robo-osteology class.


Yes I reused parts from #257 the Untangler, it looked too much like a skull the other way around so a robot skeleton seemed appropriate. Nod to Skull A Day and Noah for the Skullphabet 2 font and as always for Skully inspiration!

#252 Doctor Nano Bot

Doctor Nano Bot may be small but the good Doctor can go places other bots only compute about during recharge cycles.


Tiny computer thingee with penny for comparison. Dab of paint.

#235 Moai Bot

Computer forensic experts are unsure of who built the mysterious Moai bot, perhaps it was a cult? The short arms didn't lend itself to manual work but it does appear to have had a large computing capacity. They believe the society that created it moved on to a bird-bot based society, leaving the Moai behind.

Top of a Moai swizzle stick, leg from an Ikea manikin, chip, sequin and spade connector.

#229 5 Hour Energy Bot

This bot is good for 5 hours per charge, just don't charge him too many times in a day.

5 hour energy bottle, sequins, computer parts and pen.

#220 Mints Love You!

Do you love mints? These mints love you! With a heart as big as a mint Eclipse Bot shares the love of mints.

This was actually my 3rd or 4th idea for today. Started down one path, didn't have what I need to finish it, started another, didn't like the results, and same with another. Not sure if Skull-a-Day's Noah had any days like this, get one idea but it doesn't work so you have to do something else.
Eclipse mint tin, thread spool, ram, cut up swizzle stick from Southwest Airlines (the heart and antennae) and googly eyes.

#197 Rudolph the 50ohm Reindeer

Then one foggy Christmas eve, Santa came to say - Rudolph with your ohms so high, won't you terminate my BNC tonight....



50ohm BNC terminator, other BNC couplers from an old coax network.