
Maker Faire 2025
We are very excited to announce HipMonsters.com will be presenting RobotFreedom at this year's Bay Area Maker Faire, September 26 ...

Sutter’s Fort
Sutter's Fort is around a two hour drive from the San Francisco Bay Area. Built in 1839, it is in ...

Sensor Array Mounts Part Two
This is our working solution for making secure sensor array mounts for our robots. Because the first one failed, we ...

Sensor Array Mounts Part One
To make a sensor array mount for the robot, we wanted to try using resin molds. This experiment did not ...

Hummingbirds and Bees
It is that time of the year where our yard comes to life with flowers, which bring hummingbirds and bees ...

Securing Wires on Number Two and Number Three
We take Number Two and Number Three on the road a lot. While we are now experts at rewiring them ...

Number 2’s and Number 3’s New Legs
From last year's Bay Area Maker Faire we learned a lot about what is the right and wrong way for ...

Shapeshifting Toy Robots Part 2
Here are some of our old creations that we forgot to post about. These are some of our wooden shapeshifting ...

Wooden Graduation Hat Charms
Graduation time is upon us and what better way to celebrate than creating something fun. For this year's celebration we ...