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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · 9d

Squeee!! So cute! 🥹 Do they have a nickname?

RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Aug 28

Made an interactive exhibit with multiple Robot Butterflies. Plus a projector and Kinect! Linked robots up to a MQTT server running on a Pi with a lil router. Bowie's power pack was recycled into that project. Here's a walkthrough to prove it happened in real reality! www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7lI...

Walkthrough of Interactive Robot Butterfly Exhibit

YouTube video by Erin RobotZwrrl

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Monterey Bay Aquarium @montereybayaquarium.org · Aug 27

What do sea urchins have to do with the kelp forest? Ask Sabrina Grant! By collecting data on the behaviors of red and purple urchins, she helps the Aquarium better understand how we can restore our ocean’s ecosystems 🌊 🤿 🐟 . Find out more about our research at: mbayaq.co/3UKg5fd

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Paul Byrne @theplanetaryguy.bsky.social · Aug 7

This is the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS, imaged on 21 July by the Hubble Space Telescope.

It continues to blow my mind that this comet is from a different planetary system, and is likely more than seven billion years old.

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jul 2

Hello Robot Butterfly! Check out this video to learn more about this robot creature 😊
www.youtube.com/watch?v=OElG...
#Robotics #Maker #Electronics #STEM

Hello Robot Butterfly!

YouTube video by Erin RobotZwrrl

www.youtube.com

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 9

YUPPERS! 😁 🙌

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 9

Hi everyone! I recently gave a TEDx talk about a Mars analogue astronaut mission with my robot Atmosphinder! Here it is if you're interested! www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRs5...

#Mars #AnalogAstronaut #TEDx

Humanity's EPIC Journey to Mars | Erin Kennedy | TEDxMechanicsville

YouTube video by TEDx Talks

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 9

😃 Close-ish! The leads are a biiiit thinner diameter than the leads of diodes (like the 1N4004 chonky TH kind)

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 3

Guess the component! There are 4 of these discrete components on Robot Butterfly's circuit board, Chonky
#electronics #maker #circuitboard

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FarnazB @farnazb.bsky.social · Jun 2

Only at the Open Hardware Summit #OHS2025 will you find a table where a NASA engineer, a social roboticist, software developers, and a robotics engineer all sitting together... embroidering a #PCB onto fabric.

#OpenHardware #OSHWA #GlitchAndStitch
photo credit: Jinger Zeng

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 3

Omg, this is so cool 😍 😁

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 1

There's Robot Butterfly! 🤩 🙌

OSHWA @oshwassociation.bsky.social · May 30

Robot butterfly did make an appearance at the happy hardware hour last night!!

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Jun 1

🤩 Wow!!!!! Yay!! Super cool!!! First Robot Butterfly to cross the ocean! Woot! 🙌

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 30

@oshwassociation.bsky.social 💛💛💛

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 30

👀 is that a moto razr phone in the left corner?

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Digital Naturalism Laboratories @dinalab.bsky.social · May 30

Talk at #ohs2025 about the first satellite made from Guatemala and the team open sourcing it!

@oshwassociation.bsky.social

Talk with photo talking about how invaluable cube sat is!

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 8

Enjoying this cool map on @oshwassociation.bsky.social! Looks like there's a race between 3 countries to get to the 100 mark soon — 🇨🇦 needs to step up! 😃 🏅 🏆

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 2

Here's Robot Butterfly closer up! As for the berries, it's a food source for birds that remains throughout the fall and winter, important since other food sources are scarce.
#Photography

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 2

Now that we are entering spring time, the winterberry holly will begin to leaf out again in mid to late spring. And it's good news when it does, because it serves as a host plant for some butterflies, such as the Spring Azure (Celastrina ladon) butterfly
#Berries #Plants #Nature

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · May 2

Let's explore some Winterberry Holly ☺️
In early autumn Robot Butterfly enjoyed hanging out near the winterberry holly! The vibrant red absolutely blazing against the brown hues.
#TechInNature #3DPrinting #Outdoors

Robot Butterfly with red wings, hanging in a field with brown brush in the background, with bright red berries popping!

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Apr 18

Nice to see signs of spring emerging! The field season is starting soon.

#spring #robotics #bioinspiration

In the foreground is a robotic butterfly creature with yellow wings, intricately cut out to see the background. It's a beautiful fresh and bright spring day, with light streaks and shadows cast over the short and slightly green grass. In the background is an Inunnguaq sculpture, and at the feet are sprouts with golden yellow flowers beginning to emerge. Spring is on the way!

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Apr 14

Recently I started as an Artist in Residence at the Tett Centre, here's a look around! Can you spot the Robot Butterfly's?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzpX...

Tett Centre Artist in Residence - Week 1

YouTube video by Erin RobotZwrrl

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RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Apr 8

Here's the first gotcha with Robot Butterfly firmware integration
The tone when a button is pressed interfered with the servo timer
There were lots of layers to debug - the state machine entrance timer, servo animation code, button isr's, and then finally, it was the BEEP
Fixed it

RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Mar 29

The latest Field Robot Chronicles is up!

🐿️ Winter breakfast with squirrels and Robot Butterfly
🌈 Soon an Artist in Residence at the Tett Centre
🎂 MANOI turned 18!
🏞️ Robot in the Park begins next month
🛠️ Firmware progress

robotinthepark.org/newsletter/2...

#techinnature #maker #robotics

Robot Butterfly perched on a branch in the snow, surrounded by squirrels eating breakfast seeds

RobotZwrrl @robotzwrrl.bsky.social · Mar 13

Happy Robot Birthday to my humanoid robot MANOI! 🥳 Turning 18 years! 🎈🤩

MANOI is known for its hockey playing abilities, equipped with sensors on its hockey stick and controlled by a Nintendo Wii Nunchuck. 🏒

#robotics #electronics #maker

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