Pancake Bot

[yoblackops7]

Ive never been so amazed by some robot making pancakes?!

[migpics11]

@yoblackops7 Thanks!

[hhackett8]

That's so cool!!

[yoblackops7]

Awsume

[TheYoyozo]

The Russians never would have come up with this.

[yayalunet]

Wow! This is amazing! Now the next thing you should do is to get a robot spatula to flip the pancakes over! :D

[TomLovesBacon]

People never cease to amaze me

[cuttlebotify]

And this is why you should always play with your food :)

[migpics11]

@cuttlebotify Thanks. Working on a newer version with instructions.

[acceleracer4]

i love that song you made you should put it on itunes or maybe make a longer version

[themecman01]

Lego should market this

[WhyReyna]

Really nice

[migpics11]

@WhyReyna Thanks!  Still working on the second version.

[migpics11]

Yeah, I'm working on that. That will be pancake Bot 2.0. Requires two NXT mindstorm kits.

:)

[moadoremisc]

This is awesome! and the look on your little girls faces is priceless. They're adorable.

[KurayamiKifuji]

Is it possible for you make a vid instructions for the pancake robot? =)

[migpics11]

@KurayamiKifuji Will try to. On vacation right now. Give me a couple of weeks and visit makermig.blogspot.com for info.

[EgamHmoD]

Whoa super vids and super song :)

[stuff4ever]

Dude, you're a god!

[Nayomie1992]

WHO ON EARTH DISLIKED THIS?!

[GoodButEvil26]

@Nayomie1992 haha I was thinking the exact same thing!!

[rafi77]

That's awesome, very creative

[xXxchacua94]

Amigo eres un GENIO!!!!!!!!!!!

[RPRANGEL]

what is the name of this song???? plz

[migpics11]

@RPRANGEL Hi RPRANGEL, I made the song myself using my Yamaha Keyboard and Garageband. I call it Tantalize but I'm sure that name is already taken. I can post it for download on blog if you want.

[RPRANGEL]

@migpics11 It would be great, and yes plz post them. And congrats! excellent video with very good music

[migpics11]

@RPRANGEL visit makermig.blogspot.com to get the music. I just uploaded it.

Thanks

mig

[istlacati]

GENIAL VIKINGO MEXICANO

[MrImHome]

Jesus...People like you need to work for NASA. Great video. What song is playing?

[fjgz1994]

this is just brilliant

[bobblesworth]

THEY TOOK OUR JOB!

[lirvabbeydawn]

esto lo publicaron en yahoo mexico

[boredcubed]

Thank you for making my day :D

[firecracker999999]

It took me a while to realize that the first pancakes were not small pancakes put carelessly close together, but rather the classic Micky mouse. I have to say, that is pretty awesome.

[engleshen]

Great video and great song, it remind's me of Yann Tiersen themes... very mellow and groovy :D thumbs up

[XthewintermoonX]

Was the last pancake thing a truck?

[migpics11]

@XthewintermoonX Yeah. It was. Like a moving truck.You actually don't flip the truck. You let it cook till it's crispy, take it off with two spatulas, and then you fill in the void with whip cream and jam. :)

[XthewintermoonX]

@migpics11 Hahaha You sir, are a genius.

[migpics11]

@XthewintermoonX Can you please tell my wife that. She wants her kitchen table back. :) thanks for the comment!

[timlandscheidt]

Kids and a hot plate - I smell disaster :-).

[ntzsw]

this is great, can you improve the video by making it more complete? i mean the whole process.

[migpics11]

@ntzsw That's a great idea. I'm in the middle of moving so it will take about a month to get to it but I'll break it down for everyone. Thanks for the tip.

[colinmaharaj]

This looks like a delicious copyright infringement :)

[bigzebes]

What do u mean it doesnt flip them too? Completly useless!

[migpics11]

@bigzebes I tried. ABS tends to melt when I put it on the griddle, then I get plastic in the pancakes, the girls get sick and it just never ends. :)

[bigzebes]

@migpics11 lol, i was just playing around, this is truly ingenious, great job man.

[migpics11]

@bigzebes I know I know. But seriously, I tried to make the whole thing out of LEGO and my first attempt at putting batter inside a square box of bricks was an epic failure!

[bigzebes]

@migpics11 hahaha, i can only imagine.

[johan6693]

@migpics11 lmao hahah that would make a funny story to tell your daughter when shes a but older

[derobert2]

@migpics11 Well, certainly it'd be acceptable to have the LEGO blocks "holding" a nylon or silicon flipper...

[iced327]

AND - what does the pneumatic pump do? it doesn't appear to be powering the motion - it almost seems like it's a timer? there's something attached to the gear that it's spinning that's counting out intervals or something - just curious, thanks!!

[migpics11]

@iced327 check makermig.blogspot.com for details. In a nutshell, when the pneumatic pump turns in a clockwise fashion, it does two things, it pushes the flexible switch down which redirects the air into the air tank to allow it to compress. When the pneumatic pump turns counter clockwise, the cam (the thing attached to the gear) hits the flexible switch in the opposite direction and sends the compressed air into the ketchup bottles which pushes out the batter. And yes, it does act like a timer

[iced327]

oh and the music doesn't need any improvement - it's so appropriate for the video.

[migpics11]

@iced327 thanks. that was my first composition with my keyboard and garage band.

[iced327]

I'm giving you a comment 'thumbs up' because you disabled ratings, which I don't understand because this would have a million 'likes'. this is amazing, way to be an awesome dad AND engineer.

[migpics11]

@iced327 I didn't know I had disabled the ratings. Ratings enabled! Thanks for the thumbs up. :)

[wizardofkozz]

Nicely done! I read your blog mentioning the option of a corkscrew feed, but I also thought maybe a peristaltic pump could allow you to carefully measure out the batter.

[migpics11]

@wizardofkozz That's a great idea. I just have to figure out how to make one out of LEGO. :) There's a couple of issues I have and those are batter discharge flow velocity (which can vary with the batter viscosity) and distance to the griddle.

[KillmanAUSTRIA]

nice music and good idea ;)

[TheNiels17]

music?



[Myribo91]

@TheNiels17 yes!

[migpics11]

@TheNiels17 I made the music myself using my keyboard and garage band. :)

Suggestions on how to improve it are welcome.

[TheAdmjwt]

thats really quite amazing....I WANA MAKE ONE

[migpics11]

@TheAdmjwt I don't have exact instructions but you can see how it's made at makermig.blogspot.com

[yehoshua2123]

1:13 almost fail haha, good thing that didn't break!