8th Annual SXSW EFF-Austin Interactive Tech Gathering of the Tribes

Monday, March 10, 2008 6pm - 12am, Scholz Garten, Austin, TX

Here are some of the projects you saw at the Plutopia event:

• Bio Mechanicals
• CozmicFunk
• EggScriber
• Eyebot
• Glamor Girl and Gator Girl
• Mechanical Flower
• Mobile Robotic Platform
• Ping Pong Printer
• RoboSpinArt
• SanDraw
• Stirling Engines
• Trampoline Sensor MK II
• Rover

Some of the projects you will see at Dorkbot @ SXSW:

• CozmicFunk
• EggScriber
• Glamor Girl and Gator Girl
• Mechanical Flower
• Mobile Robotic Platform
• Ping Pong Printer
• RoboSpinArt
• SanDraw
• Screaming Babyhead Band

On December 21, 2007 a video was posted of the Ping Pong Printer we created to make ammo for the Ponginator. The video showed the unit going through its paces stage by stage. It had gathered a few dozen views from some folks in the group and a smattering of the readers of Nuts and Volts magazine. Then the video link got picked up by MAKE blog and things have sorta gone nuts! The video now has over 14,000 views and has been featured on at least a dozen other blogs! So, if you were directed here by the URL in the video, HELLO!

If you would like to learn more about the device, you can pick up the February issue of Nuts and Volts magazine where an article there details its construction. In the meantime, check out the gallery of photos of the finished or check out this video of The Ponginator to see what we use the Ping Pong balls for after they’re printed!

This is the third time The Robot Group has participated in First Night Austin, a city-wide celebration on New Years eve. We were setup near Buford Tower with the Ponginator and the RoboSpinArt machines.