mega happy having shipped first 🐛🐛🐛 flatcat robots
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we are a ecologically-minded two-tech-founders full-stack hardware-software AI-robotics company 100%-founder-owned and calling from #Berlin
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founders, Matthias Kubisch on the left, Oswald Berthold on the right
Above all, infinite thanks to everyone who has so greatly supported us in this project. without you, this would not have been possible.
All our Kickstarter and Indiegogo backers, @qbernetik @o2 @__tosh wendelin weingartner, @zzkt @foam @hiaz @juliarehling, @evanackerman, @sansculotte, arglaaa, heike nehl, Andrew Liszewski, the berthold estate, karen ellmer, elle janssen, richard lem, marek claassen, tbc and shout out if we missed you
Danke für Eure zahlreichen Nachfragen, endlich ist es soweit:
Wir machen wieder Bakiwi-Workshops \o/
Wenn Ihr Lust habt, Euren ersten Laufroboter selbst zu bauen, inklusive Löten lernen, dann holt Euch Euer Ticket für eine der vier Workshop-Sessions in Berlin-Friedrichshain am 3. oder 4. September.
Im Workshop lernt Ihr, wie Ihr Euren Bakiwi-Laufroboter lötet und zusammenbaut und wie Ihr immer wieder neue Roboter-Beine erfinden könnt. Ihr dekoriert Euren Roboter mit Hilfe der bereitgestellten Materialien individuell und am Ende der Session können alle Teilnehmenden ihre Kreationen präsentieren und die Roboter gemeinsam laufen, hüpfen und tanzen lassen.
Dieser Workshop ist für Junggebliebene, für Neugierige und für Kinder ab 7 Jahren. Für den Workshop sind keine besonderen Vorkenntnisse erforderlich. Kinder unter 12 Jahren müssen von einer erwachsenen Person (z.B. Tante oder Opa) begleitet werden.
Ein Lötkolben und alle Werkzeuge, die Ihr zum Bau Eures Roboters benötigt, werden von uns zur Verfügung gestellt. Ihr müsst nichts mitbringen, außer Spaß und Neugier. Gerne könnt Ihr aber auch eigene Bastel- oder Upcycling-Materialien für Roboterbeine und Dekorationen mitbringen.
Die Workshops finden in Berlin-Friedrichshain statt, den aktuellen Veranstaltungsort und die Termine entnehmt Ihr bitte der Ticketseite. Unsere Vormittags-Session beginnt um 10 Uhr und die Nachmittags-Session beginnt um 15 Uhr. Der Workshop dauert ca. 3-4 Stunden.
Wir freuen uns auf Euch! Liebe Grüße Oswald und Matthias von Jetpack
Dear Bakiwi fans, thanks for your numerous request, finally it’s happening:
We’re doing Bakiwi workshops again \o/
If you’re keen on building your first walking robot yourself, including learning to solder, then get your ticket for one of the four workshop sessions in Berlin-Friedrichshain on September 3rd or 4th.
At the workshop, you will learn how to solder and assemble your Bakiwi walking robot and all the different ways to create new legs over and over again. You will individually decorate your robot with the help of the provided materials and at the end of the session, all participants can present their creations and let the robots run, hop and dance together.
This workshop is for the young at heart, for the curious, and for children from 7 years. The workshop is beginner-friendly. No previous knowledge is necessary. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult (e.g. aunt or grandpa)
The workshops will take place in Berlin-Friedrichshain, please find the actual location and dates on theticket site. Our morning session starts at 10 a.m. and the afternoon session starts at 3 p.m. The workshop lasts around 3-4 hours.
A soldering iron and all the tools needed to build your robot are provided by us. You don’t have to bring anything with you, except fun and curiosity. You are welcome to bring your own handicraft or upcycling materials for robot legs and decorations.
We look forward to you! Kind regards Oswald and Matthias from Jetpack
While preparing flatcat for release and the time before we collected and researched our peers and competition. Below is the first draft of our pet robot comparison matrix. The matrix lists several related robots on the market and shows different features on the columns.
Mobility comes to mind immediately to be added, in the meantime the top three rows are immobile robots. Prices are approximate and in USD units. The “touch+” criterion means there is a motor in the robot that can feel a force applied through touch or gravity. For this we use our in-house Sensorimotor module. More on that soon. Be in touch with any questions or comments and more things to include.
Jetpack Cognition Lab is developing novel biologically-inspired robots for the consumer market.
The first product “Bakiwi Kit” is available on https://bakiwi.shop since mid June 2020 and marks the starting point of a far-reaching vision – a robot in every household.
With Bakiwi Kit, curious people of every age (6-99) will playfully learn about the world of legged locomotion.
In doing so, Bakiwi breaks new ground in the communication of MINT topics.
Bakiwi robots are brought to life individually by assembling and soldering them with your own hands.
The company was founded in 2019 and currently employs a team of three in its Berlin Friedrichshain premises. More information can be found at https://jetpack.cl, Twitter or Instagram.
