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Sarah Petkus

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Who I Am

I am an artist and technology is my medium. Mother of robots, creator of shapes. Has a hard-on for mechanical things. Loves cheese. Is a raptor piloting the body of an androgynous human female.

Why I'm on Hackaday.io

people who make stuff should reshape the world in their mind's image.

robot army light play ROBOTIC ARTS robot army starter kit spetku Robotics World Domination
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  • Robotic Arts : my personal blog
  • Robot Army : our business location
  • Light Play : interactive army of robots!
  • zoness.com : my portfolio

This user joined on 04/13/2014.

My Projects

  • The 2018 Hackaday Prize
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! a platform for sensing and indicating human arousal !
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SHE BON

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My interactive field of 100 dancing delta robots...
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Robot Army : Light Play

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A posable micro-spawn of NoodleFeet that beeps and judges you <3
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Noodle Spawnling

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developing a quadrupedal walk gait for an unstable, top heavy robot
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Getting NoodleFeet to Walk

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Our glowing mechanical stones will rock you.
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Fifth Element Stone Mood Lighting

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Some robots should have retractable toes...
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NoodleFeet's Gripping Toes

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My Pages

  • Links to stuff I do...

    04/13/2014 at 19:12 • 0 comments

    www.roboticarts.wordpress.com (my tech blog)

    www.robot-army.com (where I sell robots)

    www.zoness.com (where you can see my illustrations and art)

    www.hackartist.com (about my collaborative art and podcast with Mark Koch)

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Things I've Built

Circuit Art DefCon 21 Badges

I designed some LED blinkie circuits in eagle and then tweaked them by hand in order to make them into handle badges for myself and two others at DefCon 21.

Light Bulb Bouquet

This is a bouquet of lightbulbs made from hobby glass ornaments, vinyl tubing, 3D printed fixtures, and amber LEDs controlled with a dip ATMega 328.

Othello Goggles

This pair of goggles has three bat switches on the side of one eye piece which control the RGB channels of the LEDs in each goggle. There is also a toggle switch that allows you to change each eye's color individually.

3D Light Goggles

This pair of goggles makes use of light pipe to simulate red and blue neon rings in each eye. There is also a pull sting switch hanging off the side to turn them on and off.

Reactor Goggles

This pair of goggles was inspired by the Arc Reactor. They have a home etched circuit with an ATTiny 2313 on board that has a few different modes stored which adjust the speed and mode for the patterns of the LEDs.

Theremin Goggles

This pair of goggles uses a basic photo theremin circuit involving a couple 555 timers to create a wearable accessory that you can 'play' by waving your hands around the side of your head, changing the pitch and tone.

Robot Army Starter Kit

This was my first Kickstarter campaign for a miniature delta robot kit. The funding helped me build a massive light installation that involves networking hundreds of these robots together for a super awesome, interactive robot army experience.

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Building an open source robot arm for makers and small businesses
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5+ Axis Robot Arm

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Pocket Sized, 3d Printable, Coaxial Scout Drone
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This is where SuperCon attendees and speakers can discuss logistics (like transportation and where to stay) and get to know eachother
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Unfolding CubeSat rover. Mission: construction on Mars & re-construction after natural disasters on Earth. Tele-op Headband control.
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Center Flee is the name for interactive performance devices. The Smart Poi make music and light effects.
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Center Flee

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There seems to be an empty spot in the market between hobby servos and professional models - this should partially fill that gap.
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Bowie at Supercon '18! Join us to use the robot to clean up the park, then perform environmental sensor data analysis
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zakqwy wrote 12/03/2015 at 17:19 • point

Hello--thoroughly enjoyed your talk at the Supercon! At some point during your Q&A I mentioned a few resources that might be helpful for learning more about dynamic quadrupedal motion; it's not a subject I know much of anything about, but these folks/projects might be able to help with noodleFeet gait development:

#Robotics Chat isn't super active, but it's a good place to ask questions. Help us make it _more_ active!

@Radomir Dopieralski (who created the above mentioned project) has built a number of small quadrupedal robots; most of the ones I've seen use tiny 9g servos and are more spider-like and close to the ground than noodleFeet, but the 8-servo concept is somewhat similar to your actuation setup. Check the projects listed on his profile.

@Jefito is quite familiar with quadrupedal robot stuff, and could probably point you in a good direction for learning the basics of dynamic 4-legged motion.

The Robotics List (https://hackaday.io/list/2456-robotics) has a few dynamic gait robots on it--definitely worth checking out.

I haven't used #BowlerStudio: A robotics development platform, but it's definitely worth checking out as you improve your design--it can do stuff like motion simulation which seems like it could be quite relevant. 

Also, @Kevin Harrington is probably a great resource to touch base with--he developed the above project along with #DyIO (Dynamic Input Output) controller, and generally has a high degree of familiarity with DIY robotics stuff.

Hope that helps a bit! Good luck!

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