Robot That Plays Angry Birds | Tindie

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We’re quite fond of the name Jason Huggins chose for his 5/16 inch Gridbeam. Bitbeam is great for building smaller items like toys, robots, and models. Jason’s used it to create a robot which can operate touchscreen devices:

It’s called “Bitbeambot”, and it plays Angry Birds on an iPad. It’s built out of bitbeam (http://bitbeam.org), an open source LEGO-Technic™ compatible building toy made from basswood.

Yes, this robot was designed to play video games on mobile devices. Why not, right? It uses a Delta robot design – known to be one of the fastest robot arm designs out there. Deltas are often used in manufacturing to place products in packages. But they’re also great for playing video games!

Who will be the first to make a giant version with 1½ inch Gridbeam? You can buy a Bitbeambot kit from Jason right now, through “Etsy for electronics” website: Tindie. You can also watch Jason make a batch of Bitbeam with a laser cutter!

If you’d like to make your own Bitbeam, source code and CAD files are available here.

One Response to “Robot That Plays Angry Birds | Tindie”

  1. Jason Huggins December 18, 2012 at 5:09 pm #

    Thanks for the mention, Timothy! I’m very happy to be a member of the Gridbeam community. :-) Also, I would love to see a Gridbeam-sized version of my robot at a future Maker Faire. :-)

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