2 (more or less) projects. Put together a Bliss Kolb paper crow. Interesting kit, I have two others to assemble plus a laser cut out kit. The most important is the project with the Jim Larson (can't e

Kazuaki Harada Lets make automata part 1 Lets make automata part 2 Thomas Kuntz The Widow's Jar Babylon Vampire Uri Tuchman I make an automata

This code was originally written to detect motion then do "xyz." I would like the code to do the opposite, detect when there has been no motion in the preceding 8 minutes. For me "xyz" is to activate

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I printed my copy of the most recent Automata Magazine a couple of days ago and have been pouring through it. My normal sequence is a) browse, b) browse again, c) deep read articles of interest. The E

The world turns, time flows, and we learn things. I added Marc Horovitz's website to the Wiki last night, and in the process of doing that I read this intro: ~~~~~~ An automaton (plural: automata), as

Good afternoon: For the past week or so I've been tweaking Auger Lift #1, and capturing video clips, and then creating a video of Auger Lift #1. I work with Windows 10 Pro on a dual monitor desktop co

Option 1. Everything done off line between mentors and the person asking for assistance until the code is considered mature enough. The file is posted and a notice is posted as a topic so it can be fo

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Hi, I;ve been asked to complete and unfinished automaton and was hoping to get some advice and guidance on techniques, materials and suitable motor. I’ve never worked on an automaton before but am an

The eye is just a small plasma globe. So far, the automata are two curved doors that rotate open to show the glowing globe. Just the bottom of the doors is being prototyped which uses a herringbone ge

Jim Larson has offered to assist those of us who are trying to work with Arduino. There is another general thread that will contain general comments. This thread is intended to contain messages focuse

Good evening... The auger lift is finally circulating marbles. I'm now in the phase where I'm tweaking little things and letting the machine run for hours and hours as "it selects the marbles that it

Seasons greetings to all. I had hoped to be posting finished pictures of this one by now - but the weather is too good to not be outside working in the garden. Hoping for some rainy days... "A quiet d

This has been "on the bench" for what seems to have been forever. Since I have all this time on my hands I finally finished it. Click here for a video

Greetings... I'm in the process of creating an automata that has a working title of "Auger Lift". A biped pedals an elliptical machine, which powers a 15" auger, which lifts marbles to the top of a ma

This was in the Instructable's news letter this morning. It seems to be a creative, simple design with lots of useful construction details. https://www.instructables.com/TANGO-THE-PLYWOOD-AUTOMATA <ht

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I'm making a talking skull using my 3D printer. I'm designing it with Fusion 360 and have attached renderings of the front and rear views. It mounts vertically on a wall with an USB cord attached to t

Greetings... As my week has progressed I've found that I've needed to create a test stand for the biped actually pedaling. I've created the test stand, some of the components are the final components,