GineersNow Engineering Magazine Issue 005

there her robot that feed her with cereal, her
robot that puts on her lipstick, her robot that
chops vegetables, and her robot that argues on
the internet by banging itself on a keyboard,
among others. All are products of self-taught
robotics. She built stuff on her own being so ideaoriented
- she figures out building stuff by herself
rather than just learning them in theory.
It usually takes her an afternoon of work for
projects that only require minimal programming,
and one to two weeks full-time when she’s
working on more complicated robots like the
Applause Machine, which claps for you when
your hands are full (such a groundbreaking idea
for a robot, huh).
Living in an old tugboat makes her wish to have a
project of a submarine houseboat someday. It’s a
dream robot project that is up her sleeves when
she has enough time, skills and money for it. But
she will get there, undoubtedly, having to do her
unusual job on a regular basis that she enjoys. She
left her job in San Francisco for this kind of life in
Stockholm.
All hail the queen of shitty robots! She who works
on useless automation!
All photos are screencapped from
Simone Giertz’s YouTube channel.
JULY 2016
Future Cities & Robotics
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