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I forgot who she was, so: > Giertz has previously branded herself as "the queen of shitty robots" on her YouTube channel, where she employs deadpan humor to de

I forgot who she was, so: > Giertz has previously branded herself as "the queen of shitty robots" on her YouTube channel, where she employs deadpan humor to demonstrate mechanical robots of her own creation to automate everyday tasks; despite working from a purely mechanical standpoint, they often fall short of practical usefulness, for comic effect.[9] Giertz's creations have included an alarm clock that slaps the user,

troymc 3y ago
Kevin Scott (the CTO of Microsoft) interviewed her in an episode of his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/simone-giertz-inventor-entrepreneur-robotics-enthusiast/id1381008946?i=1000568814817 https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/simone-giertz-inventor...
- neolefty 3y ago
  Lex Fridman too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIo36F6Fsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIo36F6Fsg — great 2-hour conversation.
pstuart 3y ago
Ah, I remember that. And I couldn't help but notice she had over 2M subscribers so clearly she's got a lot of fans already.
wodenokoto 3y ago
She has tried (and quite successfully imho) to move away from that image and become a respectable creator/inventor. I think the highlights of her maker-career is Truckla, her Tesla she repurposed as a truck and drove to the cyber truck reveal. And her everyday calendar, which is a board of 365 LED and you can click each for everyday you complete whatever your everyday goal is and end the year with a lot board. As I recall it met and exceeded its kickstarter.
- nerdponx 3y ago
  I'm sure the success was partly due to the fact that the "shittiness" of the robots was because they were iterative prototypes, not because she was inept. Part of what's great about her (and other similar creators') content is that you get to actually see the design and development process, including the failures, which is both entertaining and educational.
  - wodenokoto 3y ago
    The shitty robots were built to be shitty. They were successful because they were funny. Her initial period as the queen of shitty robots has little to nothing to do with what she does today or how she approaches problems. She has talked about the anxiety that came with going from “no one can really criticize my stuff because it’s meant to be bad” to “this is actually supposed to be good, but is it good enough?”
    - sn9 3y ago
      Also building 100 shitty things is a great way to speedrun skill acquisition.
qingcharles 3y ago
This is where I discovered her: https://youtu.be/M1B3gATS0GE https://youtu.be/M1B3gATS0GE (voice of machine by Adam Savage)

troymc 3y ago

Kevin Scott (the CTO of Microsoft) interviewed her in an episode of his podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/simone-giertz-inventor-entrepreneur-robotics-enthusiast/id1381008946?i=1000568814817 https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/simone-giertz-inventor...

neolefty 3y ago
Lex Fridman too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIo36F6Fsg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgIo36F6Fsg — great 2-hour conversation.

pstuart 3y ago

Ah, I remember that. And I couldn't help but notice she had over 2M subscribers so clearly she's got a lot of fans already.

wodenokoto 3y ago

She has tried (and quite successfully imho) to move away from that image and become a respectable creator/inventor. I think the highlights of her maker-career is Truckla, her Tesla she repurposed as a truck and drove to the cyber truck reveal. And her everyday calendar, which is a board of 365 LED and you can click each for everyday you complete whatever your everyday goal is and end the year with a lot board. As I recall it met and exceeded its kickstarter.

nerdponx 3y ago
I'm sure the success was partly due to the fact that the "shittiness" of the robots was because they were iterative prototypes, not because she was inept. Part of what's great about her (and other similar creators') content is that you get to actually see the design and development process, including the failures, which is both entertaining and educational.
- wodenokoto 3y ago
  The shitty robots were built to be shitty. They were successful because they were funny. Her initial period as the queen of shitty robots has little to nothing to do with what she does today or how she approaches problems. She has talked about the anxiety that came with going from “no one can really criticize my stuff because it’s meant to be bad” to “this is actually supposed to be good, but is it good enough?”
  - sn9 3y ago
    Also building 100 shitty things is a great way to speedrun skill acquisition.

qingcharles 3y ago

This is where I discovered her: https://youtu.be/M1B3gATS0GE https://youtu.be/M1B3gATS0GE (voice of machine by Adam Savage)