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Maker Fest at Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley

The Hip Monsters team was thrilled to be invited to a Maker Fest last week at Ecole Bilingue in Berkeley, ...

Girl Genius Dingbot Robot Part One

We decided to finally make an attempt to build a Dingbot robot based on the girl genius web comics. Please ...
DIY Apothecary Cabinet and herbs

Our Apothecary Cabinet

As well as working with technology, the Hip Monsters team also works with magic. This is our handmade apothecary cabinet, ...

First Robotics Competition in SF

We had a lot of fun at the First Robotics Competition at St Ignatius College Preparatory in San Francisco CA. We ...
spokeshave with wooden wand

Wand Making

At the beginning of the Covid pandemic, we wanted to create magic for ourselves and our friends and hone our ...

Pneumatic Robotic Arm Workshop

This pneumatic robotic arm workshop is design to introduce basic concepts of robotics and making to grade-school students. The design ...

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 ...
Wooden Wand

A Selection of Wands

We make wands to relax and to practice our woodworking skills. The process usually involves spokeshaving, sanding, staining, and waxing ...
Store Paxton Gate, San Francisco,CA

Paxton Gate

Whenever we go to Valencia Street in San Francisco, we always go to one of our favorite stores called Paxton ...

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 ...