Steampunk

Bell Hopper – Contraption Delta

For our upcoming Maker Faire presentation we wanted to make robotics more approachable. One barrier to robotics is, by its ...
Leibniz Calculator

Leibniz Calculator- Contraption Gamma

For the upcoming Maker Faire the Hip Monster's sisters team wanted a challenge. Something that required precision and also aligned ...

Bay Area Maker Faire Update

The HipMonster's team was quiet online over the summer but working hard in our workshop finishing up our educational presentation ...
Wooden computer baseboard

Wiring of Number Two and Three

The HipMonster's sister team decided to push our robotics to the next level. They were dissatisfied with remote controlled robots ...
Bay Area Maker Faire

Project 75762- Maker Faire 2024!

We are delighted to say the Hip Monsters will present Robot Freedom at the this year Bay Area Maker Faire! ...
,Wireless relay on a robot

Number Three’s Controller

This post is an old one we forgot to publish a while back. Currently, Number Three is controlled by a ...
Cosplay Tail, DIY, Kid Made

Cosplay Dragon Tail

One thing we have always been jealous of is tails. Cats and dogs flaunt them as they strut around waving ...
Steam punk robot

First Screen Test for Robot Freedom

Here is a preview of HipMonsters.com's next project, Robot Freedom. No robots were destroyed making this, but Number Three had ...

Making of Number Six and Number Seven

After finishing Number three, we wanted to make smaller and lighter walking robots. Leveraging what we had learned from building ...
Steampunk robot

Upgrades to Number Three

Since we discovered how to make Number Five move, we decided to upgrade Number Three. We tried to preserve as ...
Trilobite fossil

Girl Genius Steampunk Webcomic

Girl Genius is a webcomic started in 2002 written by Phil and Kaja Foglio and colored by Cheyenne Wright about ...
Kid-made Dog Robot Number Five

The Making of Number Five

Inspired by the Boston Dynamics robot videos, steampunk art, and Girl Genius, the HipMonster team set out to make their ...
Steampunk Jewelry

Steampunk Jewelry

Where technology and beauty meet, our steampunk jewelry embraces the genius within! This collection of steampunk jewelry is fit for ...
DIY Steampunk contraption

Steampunk Contraption Model Beta

The Hip Monsters team decided to make something that interests people when they walk into the room. Inspired by Girl ...

The Making of Number Three

We saw the need for a new robot for halloween, so we made one. This is our steampunk squirrel powered ...

Monster: Lin the Dragon

Born from one of our favorite bushes and a failed costume, Lin the dragon was our most complex monster at ...

Monster: Hummingbird

The hummingbird monster was made from a branch too weak to be used for other projects. We decided to make ...

Monster: Anteater

We call this monster the Anteater.  The Anteater monster was a wonderful branch that was too split to make a ...

Sun-Moon-Earth Orrery

Getting started Need to track the moon phases for that perfect time to cast a spell? Worried about when you ...
Wooden monster, kid-made

Wooden Monster: Allie

The HipMonsters team does not like trees going to waste, so whenever we stumble upon a piece of wood too ...