Nerdbots

Tracerlab sunning in Austria

After a long trip to Europe, Tracerlab arrived safely in Vienna. He and his new owners, Tine and Sebastian, took the afternoon off and enjoyed the sun while having some beer and motor oil, respectively. They plan to show him around Vienna in the coming days and say that he seems to like his new home already.

From Tine and Sebastian: “Thanks a lot! Tracerlab is the perfect match for us – he always seems to be in a good mood and already promised to help with our gardening.”

Let’s hope Tracerlab remembers to wear his sunblock.

Bart was recently adopted by Pamela and Mike. He was welcomed eagerly by big brother Mirro and since Pamela’s father was a postal carrier, Bart felt right at home. Bart and Mirro have already compared their respective stamp and coin collections, and Mirro is saving any uncollectible coins to fund Bart’s dream of attending the Annual StampShow and Convention. In their spare time they debate algorithm characterizations and recreate scenes from Star Wars as C-3P0 and R2-D2.

Read more about Mirro here.

Sugar Mama at work

Bridget and Sugar Mama

Bridget Butch of the ever-popular BB-Blog spends time with Sugar Mama at her office. They also both made an appearance on Design Milk’s Friday Five last July.

RCA on Cory's desk

RCA joined Lewyt on author Cory Doctorow’s desk in London. Not only does he keep Cory company, he also keeps his pencils nice and sharp. Check out Cory’s work on his website, Craphound, or on Boing Boing where he’s an editor.

Plyaq loved being the center of attention

Plyaq spent a week with the sixth graders at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary, inspiring them as they created their own robot sculptures. While bot-sitting, the students watched a video of our process, read a book called “Digging Up the Past,” learned about sustainability and the importance of reusing materials and wrote descriptive biographies of their creations. Photos of their projects can be found on our Flickr stream.

Nicholas, Angela and Plyaq

We stopped in for a visit and were given the most difficult task of choosing our favorite robots out of the bunch. See our selects and read up on their personalities on our blog.

Thanks to Lucas Shivers, along with the other sixth grade teachers at Bluejacket-Flint Elementary, for including us in such a fun and educational project for the kids.

Mirro was recently adopted by Pamela and Mike from Kansas City and is already settling into his new home. Check out Pamela’s update:

“Well, it was a tough choice, but Mirro has a home North of the River!  He was a little nervous at first – I could hear him doing quadratic equations as we crossed the bridge. However, once I told him his mother was a coin collector in her youth and had had a state quarter map herself, Mirro relaxed and has settled in quite nicely.  He’s currently working his powers of telekinesis on the Hawaii Ice crusher.  (The Eico t-shirt I’m wearing helps, too.)”