Do.. Document your Robot!
It is about a year ago I made a robot called "Skiwalker".
It's parts are used for other robots, and I would have forgotten all about it, if not every now and then when I logged in, someone wrote to me; "Hey, that is a nice walkthrough, cool, helped me, inspired me" etc..
That is so NICE! It often makes my day, to get that kind of feedback without warning for a long forgotten thing I did.
And all I did at the time was to remember to film / take pictures.
- Taking pictures of your robot, while in progress, when it is fun - and entering them on a website for other builders to comment.. is like having money in the bank; You have both the money, and get interest, over and again.
Not documenting what you do is like spending money while you are drunk; Fun at the time it happens, but no real value to your life later on.
I just realized the above when I found these blurred tests of a no longer living robot.. It was fun at the time, but I should have documented it.. now it is just gone..
Well - at least these where in my phone:




@ Fri, 2008-09-19 22:02
hey, was wondering how can i
@ Fri, 2008-09-19 22:12
On the front page of the
@ Tue, 2008-06-10 10:05
http://robotguy.net/notebook2
http://robotguy.net/notebook2-3.html
Cool dravings etc! Nice!
@ Tue, 2008-06-10 00:55
Try keeping a notebook
Make magazine sells a nice one. http://makezine.com/notebook/index.csp
Personally I prefer Moleskines: http://www.amazon.com/Moleskine-MBL15-Large-Squared-Notebook/dp/B00069DKZ2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_10?ie=UTF8&s=office-products&qid=1213051969&sr=8-10
Then you can scan them and put them online later: http://robotguy.net/notebook2-3.html
@ Fri, 2008-05-02 01:15
In memory...
Hey, nice post, that’s so truth, sometimes we made really cool stuff, but we forget to document. Happens with me all the time, that’s why I started my website too, to share my projects. Also I like here, because is another way to show my inventions and get reviews from this community. So I guess we all lose so many good projects that are just in our memories.
…In memory of ‘’Skiwalker’’ and the other robots that were never show to the world.
Daniel
@ Fri, 2008-05-02 01:19
100% agree..I was reading
100% agree..
I was reading and thinking if was me talking ^_^
@ Thu, 2008-05-01 21:38
Camera