Shape Up Your Ideas

Joined December 2017
Testing new electronic components! Today I’m experimenting with FlatFlaps by @microbots_io and exploring their movement. The best part? You can adjust the flapping speed using a Microbots DriveCell! What would you create with these? 🚀 #Microbots #FlatFlap #DriveCell #Electronics #MakerProjects #InteractiveArt #STEAM
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Design space for this sort of thing remains tragically underexplored
MotorCell is the smallest, fastest PCB motor! Featuring: 🌀 PCB-printed coils + built-in speed controller ⚡ 30,000 RPM no-load speed 💡 Open-source stator — perfect for custom project integration Get it now: microbots.io/motorcell
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What If Your First Robot Fit in Your Palm? ProtoBot is a tiny robotics platform built around an ESP32-C6, with four N20 motors, proximity sensing, a 9-axis IMU, RGB lights and a breadboard for adding your own electronics. You can drive it from your phone, make it avoid obstacles, draw shapes, log sensor data or write your own Arduino code. The really nice part is that the body, accessories and software are open source. You can 3D print the shell and add things like a thermal camera, air-quality sensor, humidity sensor, camera mount, tank tracks or a grabber. It feels like a small robotics playground where you can start simple and keep adding hardware. What would you add to it first?
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This FlexPCB took many iterations to get right.. But designing these tiny flexures simplified assembly, reduced wiring & helped keep the entire robot compact! Full Project: youtu.be/teeNgLN_ZRI Robot Kit: microbots.io/protobot
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Super excited to announce that #ProtoBot kits are now officially available for pre-order: microbots.io/ProtoBot After months of development, they’re finally here 🙈 The full build video drops in a couple of days - stay tuned!
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Shoutout to @microbots_io for the ESP PCB, great piece of hardware!
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All-in-1 Tiny Robotic Brain Tiny game-changer for micro-robotics just dropped: CodeCell C6 Drive.⚡🤖 This 2.25 cm board packs: - ESP32-C6 (Wi-Fi 6 / BLE / Zigbee) - Dual H-bridge motor drivers (up to 1.8A) - IMU, light/proximity sensors, tap/step detection & more - Built-in LiPo charging + ultra-low power sleep (~40 µA) - Arduino compatible + wireless app control via MicroLink No more external drivers eating space… just plug motors straight in and prototype palm-sized rovers in minutes. Super clean builds! Thanks for sharing, @bugejacarl! Credit: microbots.io/products/codece… —— Weekly robotics and AI insights. Subscribe free: 22astronauts.com
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Super-Compact Robot Building! I hope this helps you build robots that are less wire-y, smaller, and way cleaner 🙈 Check it out: microbots.io/codecellc6drive
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What do bowling in your kitchen, Canadian tuxedo knights, and tiny robot control boards have in common? This week’s Maker Update. 😌 🙌 @dlumcreative @Misstwisteddd @microbots_io @bekathwia @Makerio @MakerProjectLab
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Can’t believe it’s already been a year since CodeCell launched! 🙌 Huge thanks for all the support! I’ve taken everything I learned from v1, pushed it further with smaller 0201 parts + a bit of engineering magic.. and now, 2 new CodeCells are on the way next month. Stay tuned!
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今回のNT金沢CM企画、MotorCellを作ってる @microbots_io を誘ったら参加してくれた。 しかも本イベント用にディスカウントコードも付けてくれた。ありがたい。会場で流すバージョンにつけよう。 nt-kanazawa.glideapp.io/dl/2…
MotorCellが届いた。小さくて薄いけどなかなかパワフル。 負荷つけて試してみよう。 microbots.io/blogs/motorcell…
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とても小さい傾斜計
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New part day! The MotorCell (pcb motor) is even smaller and more adorable in person! microbots.io/products/motorc…
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.@microbots_io's MotorCell is not just a revolution in PCB motor design; it is 1.6 billion revs! hackster.io/news/motorcell-i…
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I just uploaded a new PCB Motor Build video on my YouTube channel, summarizing the last 3 years of research and prototyping. The results are incredible & it managed to pass 1.6 billion spin cycles! Check it out 👉 youtu.be/CVszJMlvZcA?si=BO6w…
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