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Pancake Lego Robot: Makes The Geekiest Pancakes

• iqster 15y ago
  Lego Mindstorms is a fantastic platform for exploring robotics. This project seems to have to used Python, which ends up giving you an easy way to control your creations! Technically, it is possible to hook Mindstorms with ROS (robot os). I tried but got stuck at some point. Anyone managed to get it working?
  • roundsquare 15y ago
    I wonder if there is a good way to hook it up with this: http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_brainwaves.html http://www.ted.com/talks/tan_le_a_headset_that_reads_your_br...
• isani 15y ago
  Here's the maker's description of how it works: http://makermig.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-pancake-bot-works.html http://makermig.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-pancake-bot-works.h... Manually entering motor coordinates seems a little low-level to me. If I had that hardware, I'd love to make a visual pancake design UI for it.
  • replicatorblog 15y ago
    Would you actually? I think most people would be surprised by how much money exists at the intersection of crafts+tech. I know a company that added a thin software layer to off the shelf hardware and built a $500MM business on that. If you want to know more shoot me an email.
• mhb 15y ago
  Vat of pancake batter + z axis actuator + laser on the gantry = 3D pancakes
• replicatorblog 15y ago
  Along the lines of pancake art, this site is amazing: http://www.jimspancakes.com/ http://www.jimspancakes.com/ This guy hand makes them all, but it would be cool to see the technology in this post applied to a similarly creative endeavor.
• johnohara 15y ago
  These guys handle the daily pancake rush for the Iowa Ragbrai. They easily handle thousands of pancakes every morning. http://www.chriscakes.com/Video.htm http://www.chriscakes.com/Video.htm I know it's not robotics, but the process is unbelievably efficient -- and fun.