Your SparkFun January Caption Contest Is Here!
Get your captions in for a chance at an exciting prize!
It's time for the January edition of the SparkFun caption contest! The rules are as follows:
- Leave your best caption to the photo below in the comments section. The comments section is the only way to enter the contest.
- We will accept entries from the time this post goes live until January 17th, 2014 at 10 a.m. MT.
- Keep your captions clean! Anything we deem inappropriate will be promptly deleted in spectacular fashion (well, not very spectacular...we'll just delete it).
- We'll judge the captions and the one that we like the most based on our arbitrary yet highly scientific methods will win the prize. Contrary to popular belief, the caption with the most upvotes does not always win!
Here is your photo:
Your caption goes here
The prize this time around is a special wishlist - "The Kits Kit." This wishlist includes a handful of our favorite SparkFun original kits - namely the new Simon Tilts Kit, the Simon Says PTH Kit, the RedBoard PTH Kit, the ClockIt Kit, the BigTime Watch Kit and - of course - the SparkFun Inventor's Kit. This prize has a retail value of about $240ish...not too shabby!
Ready, set....caption!
Update: We have a winner! Member #468914 took home the Kits Kit for their winning caption - "Quickly going over the table of contents." Nice work!
Quickly going over the table of contents.
You win.
This is why we can't have nice things.
this one is also true.
New parts, it's like catnip to their kind.
Ever wonder why there's a Dings and Dents page?
Sparkfun employees are not born - they are made.
Favorite pastime: Watching electrical engineers attempting to intelligently interact with mechanical components.
Linear motion demonstration gone wrong.
Use a spray bottle to prevent your cat or Sparkfun employees from jumping onto tables and counters.
I thought blenders were a more modern solution to that problem. Although I never thought of using them for SF employees.
When you were told to get your butt in gear, this is NOT what was meant!
Let's go over the stuff on the table...
This is actually how we clean all our tables.
Just because there are light bulbs doesn't mean it's a bright idea.
Sparkfun Employee Teardown
(ignore my original entry: We can rebuild him: we have the technology.)
"Negative, Ghost Rider, the pattern is full."
Note: The datasheet for the Nic module states the input as "12VDC"; that should read "pizza".
John Connor travels from the future to destroy SparkFun's new robot kit parts, in fear that SkyNet will be built from Arduinos and Actobotics.
Cool: Starsky over the hood of '75 Gran Torino
Not cool: You over the SparkFun Acrobotics demo
"NO DISASSEMBLE No. 5!!! No. 5 Disassemble You!!!"
Nic misunderstood his life coach: "staying positive while remaining grounded" didn't work out so well at 120V...
Demonstrating how the new ball bearings from Actobotics work.
SparkFun is home to many sufferers of OCDD. Obsessive Compulsive Destruction Disorder, on proud display.
That sounds way more acceptable than "We love to blow stuff up."
"And that, my son, is why all of the chairs at work now have a warning label on them"
That's not the linear slide I was looking for...
New product Friday... Acrobotics!!!
and...he's SAFE!!!
The founding of the "Actobotics Scratch-n-Dent" sale.
"I find your lack of faith in the New Product Video disturbing".
He couldn't outrun them. His last chance was to barricade himself into the board room and construct the most magnificent defense robot of all time. He jumped at the parts with fervor, too much some might say. All was lost though, he had forgotten his SparkFun Inventor’s Kit.
Some men just want to watch the world burn.
Here we see a wild Sparkfunian staking its claim through scent and not dibs.
Sparkfun employee: The Godzilla of the Robotic Hardware Kingdom.
Not all ideas are bright ideas in the Sparkfun electronics playground. It's all about having fun!
Proving we really eat, sleep, and breath with our products.
And that's when we figured out how many volts the tazer really was ...
Lesson learned today: rolling in robotics creates bruises, not cyborgs.
Hummh... I know we keep trying to hire people that are very enthusiastic about electronics, but I think when Nate told the new guy he needs to do what ever it takes to stay on top of the new Actobotics parts inventory, he took him a little to literal.
Aperture Science: The early years
We stress test all our products ... and employees.
I'm on top of all these new robotics products.
Restocking the Dings and Dents section
Not all SparkFun kits come as pictured. See product listing for details.
At SparkFun, it doesn't ship until we put our mark on it.
Katamari Damacy SparkFun Style
I don't always appear in New Product Friday videos but when I do, I do it with style.
Now, lets go over that again.
I just can't get the hang of these wearables.
"Here, in the jungles of Actobotica, we find an increasingly rare species: the engineer. Limited in his mounting holes, he finds it hard to be accepted by the herd and must try to impress them with demonstrations of his prowess..." - To Be Continued...
...and unlike many other SparkFun kits which include tutorials and sample code, the Actobotics kit contains an actual engineer to help you get up and running.
Couldn't find the datasheet, so I improvised!
"Actobotics are so easy, I can assemble a robot without using my hands." He regretted his words as he tried to pick up the size 42 sprocket using his left ass cheek.
The idea of including an engineer with the kits was abandoned in favor of instruction manuals after packaging difficulties
Simultaneously in the other room Nathan says, "You know, I think we should get one more good picture of the Actobotics system while we have it all laid out."
What happens you place the keg in the kitting area
Whenever I try to reenact XKCD's 'compiling' comic, both I and my chair usually end up on top of separate tables.
The newest addition to the robotics line. Does it come in anything other than olive drab?
Acto-borg deal: buy 10 Actobotics parts and you'll get a fully-hackable Human Being to use for building your DIY cyborg! See the Tutorial on how to design a homemade Robocop.
"What the heck are you guys doing?" "Ummm, stress testing?"
After watching Duck Tales, normal people want a room full of money to swim in. Engineers want a room full of Sparkfun parts.
Unplug It!! UNPLUG IT!!!!!!
Acrobotulism claims another Boulder-area engineer. Film at 11.
When Rob said to check out the powered slides in the robot kit. Some people misinterpreted his invitation...
Up Next: How to safely handle a charged capacitor
Lean method for robotics.
Nic continues his unorthodox durability testing of sparkfun's lineup.
I'm from the government and I'm here to help. If only one person is saved, it'll be worth outlawing those power hungry incandescent bulbs.
The SparkFun "Acrobotics" Olympic team begins training today. They are expected to clean up in the "Broad Array of Parts" Jump.
"We should probably rethink this robotic Slip'N Slide..."
Invisible robot made from new Sparkfun technology challenges it's creators!
Clearly it takes more than one geek to change a lightbulb
Sparkfun rendition of "Starry Night"
Rob wasn't too happy when Joe put a thumb tack in his chair.
Another misinterpretation of putting a kit together "dead bug" style.
Here at Sparkfun, we're comfortable with our products...uh....maybe too comfortable at times..
Chaos ensues at Sparkfun when the Break-dancing Club and the Robotics Club double-booked the conference room.
New product Red Face.
The actobotics break dance simulator needs some work.
Meet our newest engineer Jack Knife.
The first victim of the robot apocalypse
It was the worst Superman III cyborg scene recreation ever.
my mom says: get a job!
On second thoughts lets not do the mechanical bull.
Shotgun!!!
"I got it on video!" Actobotics fail video #1.
"The chair ejector works perfectly!"
The new robotics part kits now come with a sparkfun employee!
Throwing one's self into robotics!
After laying out the parts in a single layer on a baking sheet, roll them flat with a large rolling pin, or yourself if a large rolling pin is not available.
Max Payne 4: The Fall of Robotics
Watch out, I'm practicing angular motion!
Stock This...
Another Dukes of Hazzard fan...
Tom forgot, in all the excitement, that you have to assemble the robot to before it becomes your transportation.
I wanna be a robot!
Caught up in the moment by the twinkling starlight, he broke into his Mr. Roboto breakdance routine
Can't you invest $5 for some bitter apple spray and protect all these innocent building materials?
The T-0.9 Terminator arrived intact but never lived up to expectations. After repeated incidents of falling in open manholes and slipping on banana peels, the program was abandoned.
The new Starsky and Hutch show!
And this is what happens when you lose concentration using the Force to throw a chair...
Actobotics is highly compatible with MOST systems. The human system has posed some problems and testing up to the point of this publication has been unsuccessful.
Some assembly required...
Doubt we can duplicate this robot.
removes beam from elbow, Note to self: Speed checking all of the ceiling lights requires a clear table.......
Kev Misread the notice board and saw the word 'Actobotics' thinking it was 'Acrobatics' . . . . . Oh well . . .
The matrix is a system, Neo. That system is our enemy. - Morpheus
OH NO! The electrician doing the rewiring of the lighting in our new building just fell through the ceiling into the conference room!
Early attempts at building our cyborg service department.
Parkour!
Here at Sparkfun, our QC department tests for all manner of durabilty issues...even a top rope elbow drop.
Safe!!!..... uh... maybe not....
Yeah these Actobotics are really nice, but can they do this?
Why every office should have a nap room.
These are so cool I just wanna hug them!
"Woo-hoo! Acrobatics @ Sparkfun is such a great idea! Hey...wait...that whiteboard doesn't say 'acrobatics'...uh oh..."
SparkFun's D.I.Y plastic injection molding.
I also want to be assembled along with these.... :)
Having begun with a bed of nails in his pursuit of enlightenment, he is cautiously working his way up to a bed of LEGO bricks.
It was determined that a wearable Turing machine is not likely to be as popular as LilyPad. Thus mechanical textiles dissapeared as quickly as they had appeared.
We take our impromptu laser evasion drills very seriously, they are second in importance only to the surprise sharktopus self defense drills. We expect them both to be added to OSHA regulations with the next update.
His irrational fear of blue ethernet cables has resulted in more than a couple of awkward situations.
In an attempt to recreate the Electric Slide, he merely demonstrated the effectiveness of the Actobotics A,B,C,D,E,F, AND G linear slide frames... simultaneously... and at speed. The conference table was impressed... and scratched... and gouged... The cleanup crew, however, was not moved.
Actobotics, maybe. Actobodies confirmed
Dude, just...broke....gravity!
Next time, draw it straight!
Provisional Patent Application - Title of Invention: Automatic Order-Picking Jacket Description: The jacket picks stock items from storage for order fulfillment and facilitates transports these stock items to shipping containers. Stock items are identified using various techniques - including (but not limited to); bar codes, near-field RFID. The invention also utilizes suitably "Brownian" personnel via various strategies, including (but not limited to) mosh pit participants, agitated stumbly people. Once items are picked by the jacket, the jacket then drops these items into the correct container.
The experiments are not thus far supporting Kev's theory of early Transformer evolution.
No, Acrobotics, YOU will be assimilated!
Looks like either a hacker was dropped into heaven or an engineer was dropped into hell. Not sure which.
Idiot Not Included.
Everyone pitches in here - start by stacking some chairs
Sparkfun Acrobatics 404: Robot Chassis Jumping
Olympic Gold? A day at the Office Chair Catapult Trials.
Mad guy not know what to do with the stuff.
Can you say OSHA ??
First time as the meeting Chair? We thought so.
Around here, you never know who or when someone will drop into your office
Now that was stupid - hope no one is watching us
Just amusing ourselves In the "Bored Room"
Rehearsing the Video Freeze Frame application?
New Hire? Sparkfun "Stunt Double" interviews.
Let me clear a space on my desk for you.
New Product Launch Pad? Now an emergency landing pad...
Some news should not be taken laying down
Boulder Colorado - Not given enough publicity for those freaky Gravity surges
Robotic parts should be tough. This is how we test their durability...
New department at Sparkfun? "Counter Intelligence"
MacGruber's study of Borg assimilation was not going well.
"Don't worry guys, leave the clean up to me..."
Don't shoot ...!
Did you say you need your table CLEAN? Why is it always ME?
New Product Demo...lition!
If I can't host the show, no one will.
Actobotics Dear.... Not Aerobics :)
Nic heard that lean method should work for robotics too.
Sparkfun Electronics newest mobile app, Employee on demand! Open the app, choose the desired employee, aim at desired location and click request.
Remember to lock your phone to prevent accidental employee requests.
KIT-1ULTROB - Includes 250+ parts to build the ultimate robot. Sparkfun Employee included.
At Sparkfun this is how we knoll.
Behold! The humble creation of ding and dent products.
As the engineer searches for his next victim, the power supplies and Ethernet cords wisely cower beneath their protective shield of disassembled robots.
That awkward moment when you realize that light bulb over your head isn't lit.
One flew over the Actobotics' nest.
If your order arrived and your tech was dead, please do not return him to the store. We will ship you a new one if you call the Dead Monkey hotline at 303-945-2984.
Here is Nic rehearsing for our in-office production of Breakin 2: Robotic Boogaloo.
Suddenly I think "I wonder how soft that ground is?"
Human to Part communication
I got it! I got it!...... I got it, I got it.
Jamie get dowwwwnnnnnnn -ArnoldSchwarzenegger
Manual Integration With Robotics Test #35: Failed. More research required.
The winners: black, odd, 17!
We are getting word that there has been an acrobotics outbreak at the Nufkraps facility. If you feel the sudden urge to move like a robot or stroke a stepper motor then use one of the tungsten respirators that have been deployed overhead. If the tungsten respirator lights up shove it down your pants.
From the School of Hard Knocks: A chair on rollers does not a ladder make!
Here we see an engineer in there native environment Searching for the perfect part.
After narrowly escaping certain death by robot laser eyes, he realizes his peripheral vision isn't what it used to be.
despite all of the light bulbs above his head, this wasn't a particularly bright idea.
8am... Camera guy (Marketing department): I should have left this job the first time they made me set up and take a picture of a new robotics kit. 12pm... As the camera guy gets ready to take the picture of the new robotics kit before lunch, Engineer: PHOTOBOMB!!!! Well at least I provided enough work for you for the rest of the day.
Its okay im a stunt ACTOr
Would be joyrider crashes Wonder Woman's plane into Sparkfun offices.
That's what happens when you find out you redefine the ampere.
Apparently he's heard of YOJOTORPO - You Only Jump On Tables Of Robotics Parts Once.
Click <here> to see a video of the complete tear-down. Click <here> if you can help us put "him" back together!
No, we said WORK with the new robotics parts NOT TWERK with robitics parts!
He has fallen hard for Robotics beneath the incandescent vanilla skies, in the land of the flying chairs!
"Becoming one with Actobotics"
39---that's the number of rubber bands you need to fling an office chair!
Slip off that office chair and do the "Electric Slide", the Sparkfun way!
Sparkfun is throwing away the office chair and jumping into electronics - That's just how we roll!
At Sparkfun we're rolling in light emission products.
A good engineer creates great products.... But the best engineer sleeps on his products
Our staff is intimately involve with our product.
Are you sure this is how you make an acrobotic angel?
Using Actobotics you can build your own "fully functional" Sparkfun employee! (Tutorial in progress)
Who asked the programmer to drop in the hardware meeting?
Automation for chairs was a Good/Bad idea?
Dr Ray Stantz: Symmetrical robot parts layout and messy chair stacking. Just like the Philadelphia mass turbulence of 1947. Dr. Peter Venkman: You're right, no human being would stack chairs like this.
Always following the rules. We present to you a demonstration of The Second Law of Thermodynamics.
SparkFun employees have vivid imaginations... in his mind, the go-cart was assembled and cornering sharply!
Then the skinjob we made with the Acrobotics started going crazy.
oh no... all gone !!
Robert's Rules of New World Order: Nic tables a motion.
By the way, this is why you cannot mix beer and engineers... :)
This may be why you don't want to mix beer and engineers. We do it as often as possible!
Noooo! Those poor, poor parts! Why must they suffer?!
lebroning
I looked at the 3d printer and said "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot!", and this is what it made.
New to the Actobotics line: a robotic component that looks almost human.
The robots they've become intelligent!! smash them!! smash them all!!
The one and only attempt of a fail promotional idea...It sticks, it's yours.
SPARK up the bong, and the FUN begins.
This is how we fill the Dings and Dents section
This worked better in IronMan 3
AAAAAAHHHHHHH! A MOUSE!
Unfortunately, break dancing on a table full of stuff isn't easy as it seems.
Read instructions... lay down ... cry
Ooh, I fell on my keys!
Why do I have a SKU tattoed on my arm?
To give you an example, this is linear motion.
A SparkFun employee, exhausted from a hard day of knolling, collapses on the table with his work.
we finished the android, but the kit seems to have included a few extra parts.
Gearing up for the new year.
Get away from me with that!....whoah! crash
After spending an hour fighting with the chairs victory seemed so close... That is when the chairs decided they had enough and threw him across the room.
And the latest addition to the SparkFun catalog, an excited SparkFun technician!! Yours for just $99.99!!(and a heartfelt promise to take good care of him)
Forget that guy laying on the table, what is Captain Jack Chair-O doing with that stockpile of chairs in the corner!
I just can't find a comfortable place to sleep.
Mechanics with mechanic. Both lying down.
Mechanic meets mechanics.
If a tornado in a junkyard can assemble a 747, lets see what rolling around on a table can do for making a robot.
Select * from Acrobotics Error! Table overrun
Best yard-sale EVER!
SPARKFUN - Tested Tough
Newton was right - "Action - Re-Action" (don't try this at home)
With a low quality picture it looks like the dude in the background is playing a harmonica... I tried to come up with something based on that, but I got nothin.
Harmonica break dance music?
Sky-Net will never prevail!
"On the next Sparkfun Live we will be making an ejection seat out of an office chair"
Dude! This new Twister Extreme game is awesome! Left foot 8" rubber belts!
Sparkfun new employee safety demonstration #165: How to clean a table.
OCD meet ADD
Big Al took Einstein's creative power naps a little to serious and literally slept on it!
Say .... Do you think we forgot the hex wrench?
Table slide. Take #37. Ready. Camera. Action!
We butt-test all our products! (No butts were harmed in the making of this photo, thank you!)
And thus his life is complete.
This is better than rolling in cash!
Wrong lever Kronk!!!!!!
Acrobatics across the actobotics!
WAIT!! We haven't started filming yet!
"I bet I can build a robot faster than you!" - Sparkfun employees take their bets a little too seriously.
And the kit comes with a life-size engineer; engineer specifications may vary.
First successful test of the soon-to-be-released SparkFun MRI kit.
Darn, I was sure it said "anti-gravity kit".
SparkFun Kegerator status: EMPTY
So for this Friday we got a batch of Actobotics kits with a slightly irregular processor module. It works just fine except it will NOT obey the first law of robotics and maybe not the other two either, but other than that it's perfectly fine. So go ahead and pick up one of these kits at a reduced price.
now those are strong magnets right there...told you to remove the change from your pockets before you came into the room...
Crap! That's my order!
Mechatronic humanoid goes berserk and tries to destroy robot operating table.
When the light bulb isn't lit up, it means it's a bad idea.
"I think we need to re-write the instructions"
Mullet not included.
Beware, when laying out your components, unplug the power to the motor.
I want to be a BORG!
Mouse!
I just want to get through this.
It was quickly discovered that unlike Mission Impossible, false ceilings will NOT hold the weight of a person trying to crawl on them...
This is how we break in our electronics
Sparkfun's products are too cool... You have to jump on them!
Instructions weren't clear enough. Got my Nic caught in the motors.
Would you like that to go?
Sadly, SparkLuge will not be in the Olympics this year.
Finaly a class on acrobatics
Going over inventory- the easy way
I guess he tried to table the motion...
"No Fair! I thought we said no telekinesis"
And then his mom came in...
It's not as comfortable as it looks.
And then his mom came in...
The acrobotics products have rejected their overlord by casting him off the table and into the abyss!
And here we have a new the new hipster terminator model sitting up from it's assembly for the first time.
"next time I'm gonna nail the landing"!
Good news: Transportation device is working. Bad news: Landings.
The Sparkfun Cleaning Procedure Steps to Success: * Step 1) Shove most of those darn nuisance cables under the table! * Step 2) Pile all those chairs in the corner where they belong! * Step 3) Be sure to hang all the blinky lights you can! * Step 4) You can't forget to stretch! * Step 5) Now you can finally go for it! * Step 6) Slide across table and enjoy it! * Step 7) Congratulations! YOU WIN
Note: Be sure to have a co-worker yell "ready, set, go" and film it with their iPhone.
Are your current robot assembly techniques just not working out? Take a SparkFun class: we'll teach you the safe way to have fun building robots.
OCD: Obsessive Component Diving Real world problem/ Aspiring Olympic sport
Apparently you can't teach your new Acrobot how to do a triple somersault via demonstration, especially if you fail the landing.
New Product: Actobioitics
This picture is like running an LED with 1000Volt! BTW HELLO COMMUNITY ;-)
MUST STOP EVIL WHITEBOARD ROBOT!!! MULLET MAN TO THE RESCUE!
Originality: 9.125 Form: 7.125 Landing: 1.000
So who left the Banana peel on the floor?
We have GREAT ideas!
Well, lets think on the bright side, at least it wasn't a table of Legos.
Hello, today we would like to "jump" right into Actobotics!
In the spirit of completeness, the engineer included himself in his most recent knoll.
Welcome to the Thinking Table. Please make yourself comfortable.
The Sparkfun experiment with gravity generators goes horribly right.
That's just great! Now, put him back together!
Rage quit.
Being a high-skilled SparkFun Engineer doesn't make you an electrician. Tips to replace a light bulb: Turn off the power Let it cool Use a ladder :P
Greetings from Mexico
Twister Gone Wrong: Right hand, Sprocket - Hub Mount (0.25", 40T; 1.0" Bore)
Dude, next time, you change the light bulb!!!
Always wanted to dispose bad guys like James Bond? Ejector seat kit available this February, only from SparkFun.
Engineers take some time off to "get a feel for" his new parts!
Dude.... I'm tweeting Rob and telling him you messed up his new product friday display!
"Draw me like one of your French Sparkfunians"
Warning: Having too many ideas can cause dizziness and loss of motor function.
Dings and dents stock up
"Check out the new Zero Point Energy Field Manipulator app I just downloaded. How does it work? Here... Let me show you!"
Stock clearance
"It's Alive ........"
Sparkfun invents the teleporter: uses it for office pranks.
I give up, time for a nap!
If you buy the complete Actobotics line, we at Sparkfun will literally throw Nick in for free.
He was fine coming down the straight but hit the corner just a little too fast, the network cable obstacle caught him unawares and he has kissed goodbye to any chance of taking the inter office swivel chair slalom title for a third year running...
This is why the chair goes UNDER the desk, not ON the desk.
Yes, as all can see, we don't just always end up landing with our buds in the butter....
SparkFun has robot parts coming out of it clAss
Wow! who said that my new ejection chair needed all these parts??
I've come back through time to stop the first Terminator from being built!
So, time travelers can get through with clothing on.
Relax bob, we are not building the giant robot and destroying the city, it's just a drawing for the video.
Put your back into it!
CUT! Largest New Product Roll-out-Wipe-out take 2.
OSHA does not approve
How many Robots do you think I can make by the time I reach the other side of table?
Much like other known species, Engineers will perform odd rituals to claim both territory and parts alike.
Intern Stan is not happy.
Steve's new ultra-bright camera flash mod, scared David out of his seat and over the parts, Stan, just laid our for a photo shoot.
The electro-mechanical arrangement inadvertently triggered a disruption in the local gravity field.
You've been serv(o)ed!
Operation "The Ground is Lava" was once again a big success, suffering little-to-no casualties...
When my coworker is thrown across the room by an enraged The Incredible Hulk, my first instinct is not to take a picture.
Beer Fridays at Sparkfun.
Simon's interpretation of "power slide" at the SparkFun receiving department charades game did not go over well.
Frustrated over the large number of surface-mounted parts, he took it out on the chair.
Full contact robotics, it's not what you think!
Anti Robotic league disrupts sparkfun robot products vidio!
Inception 2:The Dream Makers
Robert turned The Gravity manipulator on but did not realize it was using 3.3 volt logic not the 5 volt he had it connected to.
Ding and Dent Production Builds - Other
Demonstration of Thomas Edison rolling over in his grave after the ban on incandescent light bulbs.
(New Actobotics Parts) != (Slip 'n Slide)
Thankfully, "Watch This!" were not Nic's last words.
Hey! I finally figured out what they were working on in the November caption contest photo!
After mishearing Acrobotics as acrobatics, a now former sparkfun employee ruined the new product video.
Spark fun's new cyborg kit. Everything you need to build a cyborg.
This is why you need a SparkFun 9DOF Sensor Stick!
All these parts should easily fit together, of course, sometimes a little finesse is required....
famous last words... "Hey Yall, Watch This!!!"
Oh. I thought you said "lay HIM on the table".
The Sparkfun Matter Transporter, Mk I. ...Targeting system still in development.
INCOMING........
The instructions were too complicated, he got stuck on the parts list.
As you can see, the automatic people move is still just a prototype.
SparkFun is literally jumping on Actobotics with excitement!
Stack the Chairs - Jump to my Human-Actobotics Handstand, and flip around this for a PERFECT-DISMOUNT!! (THAT, was the plan....)
Robotisaurous attacks
These parts are so well organized... I can fix that!
Apply glue, roll around in gears, motors and pulleys and... instant Cosplay costume!
Sparkfun Live! Building a Cyborg.
Test of Friction Coefficient and Resistance (of human or table ?)
"I bet I can keep this motor from spinning with my bare hands, it can't have that much torque." - famous last words of a Sparkfun robotics designer.
A fellow Sparkfun employee trying out the acrobatics curriculum of the new "Break-dance on Robot Parts" class.
It’s man versus unassembled machine. So far its unassembled machine 1, man 0.
So this is how Scrooge McDuck felt when diving through his riches!
Do chair-surfing photographers get hazard pay?
Who needs water? Acrobotics surfing is the way to go!
Remember that kids that knocked down your block towers? Well, they become engineers too
Despite the numerous lighbulbs in the room our Acrobotics surfing was not a bright idea.
And thus ends our demonstration of why geeks should never EVER attempt to stage dive...
In anticipation of the new "Robotics 101" videos, this SparkFun Employee decides to demonstrate his linear motion capabilities.
I curled up into a fetal ball in the corner of my filthy walless cell. Above me an impenetrable grid of floodlights... below me a hopeless snarl of high-voltage wire... A guy in an orange hat watching me at every moment... If I were ever to escape, I'd need some sort of fabulous robot cellmate to help me. But without a complete, reasonably-priced assortment of every part necessary to build one, how? HOW???
Behind the scenes: Sparkfun product testing
What table!?
Warning: If you ever find yourself hurtling onto a table of Actobotic Robot parts, don't worry about your nuts; it’s all those plastic gears and precision sliders you need to worry about. This photo demonstrates proper technic.