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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 ...
Electronic sensors in a wooden frame.

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 ...
A DIY robotics and woodcrafting workshop

PunkSTEAM

This is a video we recently released on the meaning of punkSTEAM ...

Hummingbirds and Bees

It is that time of the year where our yard comes to life with flowers, which bring hummingbirds and bees ...
A girl securing wiring on a humanoid robot.

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 ...
A close up of robotic legs with big wheel.

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 ...
Graduation hat keychain charm,

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 ...