We are pleased to announce we will be at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire! Visit us and see Number Three and Number Nine in action.

September 25 – 27, 2026 on Mare Island, California. Come join the largest celebration of invention, creativity, curiosity and hands-on learning.

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A prominent convention posted a compelling plea for steampunks to participate in events. Unfortunately, its use of AI-generated imagery undermines the message and sets a bad example.

For better control and testing of our autonomous robots, we built wearable robot monitors to enable us to easily see what the robots were thinking and control the robots' behavior wherever we are.

Mesocosms are controlled environments that simulate nature in an enclosed space. In this article, we will teach you how to make a small DIY mesocosm.

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YouTube video by Robot Freedom

YouTube video by Robot Freedom

YouTube video by Robot Freedom

YouTube video by Robot Freedom

For the past two years, the 6165 MSET Cuttlefish have hosted SMASH: STEM Madness at Saratoga High, a fun, hands-on event where they smash pumpkins to promote composting and environmental awareness, wh...

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Here is a recap of the 2024 Bay Area Maker Faire. These are some of our favorite exhibits, from an underwater robot explorer, to a giant inflatable cuttlefish car.

This post has a collection of videos on how to make parts for a robot using resin

It is that time of the year where our yard comes to life with flowers, hummingbirds and bees. As we have mentioned in an early post, we designed part of our yard to encourage wildflowers and bees.

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YouTube video by Robot Freedom

From last year's Maker Faire Bay Area we learned a lot about what is the right way and wrong way for our robots to move.

We decided to finally make an attempt to build a Dingbot robot based on the girl genius web comics.

This is our handmade apothecary cabinet. We use it to store all of our apothecary supplies and extra bottles that look like they would have potions inside.

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, we wanted to create magic for ourselves and our friends and hone our wood crafting skills. After much debate, we settled on wand making.

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YouTube video by Robot Freedom

We are learning weight is everything when it comes to good performance from our robots.

When people visit our workshop, the first thing they would see is a big box of parts labeled S13. This box is inspired by a box in the webcomic Gunnerkrigg Court full of robot parts.

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As we are getting for ready for this year's SF Fan Expo, we wanted to post about last year's fun! We enjoyed all the fandom at the expo (Doctor Who, Star Trek and more) but given our Star Wars cosplay...

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