Stringman, an $800 open-source room scale gripper robot

Hi there, I'm Nathaniel, the creator of this robot. Thanks for posting it :) If you have any questions feel free to ask. Can it kill you? no probably not. The tension limit kicks in and lets the line out if you pull too hard. Will it work in a room with a ceiling fan? usually its fine since you can lower the work…

I made a big one for my garden. It is like a that scene in honey i shrunk the kids with Rick Moranis laying in that cantilevered flying cot thing but i use 2 high speed winches and some machined aluminum and the cabling sort of like an etch a sketch controls. I control it with the same usb gamepad that titanic sub…

It's an interesting concept, but I think I'll hold out for the full-body humanoid version. There is an undeniable allure to the idea of a bipedal chassis realizing I'm an inefficient drain on corporate resources, then stabbing me to death while I sleep due to a minor Terms of Service violation.