Mario The Maker

Meet Ring-O 🤖 The tiny sidekick sitting on Omnibot's arm who does all the actual thinking. He's got one eye, tiny arms, and strong opinions about where you are in the room. 👀

He's ready for Maker Faire Miami this weekend April 24-26! Thanks to the collab help from Placitech

The code is live and open sourced.

👉 Read the full build story: https://mariothemaker.com/posts/tomy-omnibot-restoration-part-4.html

Miami

Restoring a 1984 Tomy Omnibot (Part 4): It's Alive - Mario The Maker The robot sees. The robot moves. The robot finds you. Meet Ring-O, the tiny AI companion that finally delivers on Omnibot's 1984 promise.

Happy Mar10 day.

This 40-year-old Tomy Omnibot now has AI vision, a cloud LLM brain, and autonomous behavior. It sees you, decides what to do, and rolls over to say hello. Original electronics still intact. The future meets the past. See more details on MarioTheMaker.com

New Year, new robot project. Do you know which robot this is? Promise to post more builds this year. Maker Faire Miami project. #1984

Keeping a promise to was something that should have been on my bucket list, to” see a game in South Bend”. At Notre Dame: Fantastic atmosphere, awesome tailgating, saw 70 points scored, and massive raining of marshmallows all game. Also spent time with Pam and Will all weekend.

Been playing music with friends and my kids lately. Forgot how much I missed it, making cool things filled that space the last decade, but playing things might’ve been the thing all along.

Quick recap of longer post coming this week.

Where I got Ace from and the signature! I loved Ace Frehley! I wanted to be a guitarist because of him before I became a drummer! RIP Ace!

I spent my afternoons every day for two years at Rickey Records, flipping through albums in my youth while my mom worked next door. The kiss section was the best, and it was the 2nd album I ever bought. Thanks to Ricky Diaz, the owner, who played live music in the shop and played lots of music for me as a kid, too!

This weekend - I’m serving as a Producer in Residence for Maker Faire Bay Area! If you’re in California, join us at the greatest show (and tell) on Earth!