This week on Maker Update, a self-driving garbage can, flat-pack furniture, multimaterial goes lenticular, a Slack dial, animated origami, cassette sound sculpture and nailing the mil-spec look.

There’s an Instructables page up now, collecting all of the work on my cocktail machine for the 2020 Cocktail Robotics Grand Challenge.

I call it the VK-01 Off-World Bartender. It’s a Blade Runner-inspired machine that’s a mix of sci-fi and retro. Every detail I can think of is collected in the Instructable — every line of code, wiring diagram, and 3D design.

I hope it can inspire you to build your own cocktail machine. It’s been a challenging project, but one of my most rewarding yet. It was also a great motivation for becoming more comfortable with coding, 3D design, and exploring the possibilities of working with other makers and artists. I wouldn’t take back a minute of it.

This week on Maker Update, a leaky bike, old-fashioned MIDI, connect four, a show-stopping fiber optic star ceiling, R2’s guts, great rags, and technicolor CNC.

This week on Maker Update, a robotic golf club, cheating at Scrabble, a tetrahedron for your head, a really long gripper, and see-through Arduino.

This week on Maker Update, a mask with an automatic grin, a one-legged robot, dual-screen cyberdeck, the Pi MixMakr, infill earrings, and giving your cutting mat a boost.

This week on Maker Update, a social distance dress, cracking the code, mini mini golf, popping prairie dogs, latching broom holders, cutting foam and sculpting tricks. 

This week on Maker Update, a shelf clock, making a difference with COVID-19, a face tracking robot head, an illuminated book nook, and the MagPi goes half off.

This week on Maker Update, an octo-bouncer, what’s up with Maker Faire Bay Area, a Lego robot rickshaw, Diresta’s bandsaw bot, a 3D printed snorkel, nibblers and nunchucks.

This week on Maker Update, we’re at CES 2020 with weaving wearables, robots cut the cheese, WiPhone, printing with pellets, spine sensors, biolab in a box, Arduino Portenta, and weeding with AI.

This week on Maker Update, internet controlled RC cars, a 3D printer world record, animating 36 servos, plotter art from Wi-Fi maps, a funky ghost, and freeform circuit tips from the master.