# Episode 143: ROBOTS!!

- Show: [Making It](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it)
- Published: 2017-11-10
- Length: 1h 01m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots
- Listen: https://making-it-with-jimmy-diresta-bob-clagett-and-david-picciuto.castos.com/episodes/episode-143-robots

## Summary

Jimmy Diresta, Bob Clagett, and David Picciuto discuss recent projects and technologies, with Jimmy detailing his new shop building progress and his experience at Fab Tech 2017. Bob describes his DIY automation of dust collection gates using Arduino and his new AHP TIG welder, while David reviews a new helical cutterhead planer and critiques emerging maker tech like the Goliath CNC and Cudrone drone.

## Chapters

- [0:00](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=0) Introduction and Shop Updates
- [6:25](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=385) Jimmy's Shop Build and Fab Tech Recap
- [10:11](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=611) Bob's Dust Collection Automation and Welding
- [20:49](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=1249) Fab Tech Innovations: Robots and CNCs
- [39:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=2391) Critique of Goliath CNC and Cudrone Drone
- [50:10](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=3010) Fusion 360 Learning Curve and Helical Planers
- [59:41](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/making-it/2017-11-10-episode-143-robots#t=3581) Robot Music Video and Closing

## Topics

- [Robotics & autonomy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/robotics-and-autonomy)
- [Fabrication & craft](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/fabrication-and-craft)
- [EDA & CAD tools](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/eda-and-cad-tools)
- [Maker community & events](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/maker-community)
- [Validation & product-market fit](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/validation-and-product-market-fit)

## Most relevant to

makers and hobbyists

## Mentioned

- Fab Tech (other)
- Lincoln (company)
- AHP (product)
- Arduino (chip)
- Fusion 360 (tool)
- Goliath CNC (product)
- Cudrone (product)
- Glow Forge (product)
- Make It Extreme (other)

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- [Our first in-person show](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2017-04-10-our-first-in-person-show) (The Amp Hour)
- [Ep 324: Ribbon Microphone From A Gumstick, Texture From a Virtual Log, and a Robot Arm From PVC](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2025-06-07-ep-324-ribbon-microphone-from-a-gumstick-texture-from-a-virtual-log-and-a-robot) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep 202: CNC Monks, Acrobot, Bootleg Merch, and the Rise and Fall of Megahex](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2023-01-20-ep-202-cnc-monks-acrobot-bootleg-merch-and-the-rise-and-fall-of-megahex) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep114: Eye is Watching You, Alien Art, CNC Chainsaw, and the Galvie Flu](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2021-04-16-ep114-eye-is-watching-you-alien-art-cnc-chainsaw-and-the-galvie-flu) (Hackaday Podcast)
- [Ep032: Meteorite Snow Globes, Radioactive Ramjet Rockets, Autonomous Water Boxes, and Ball Reversers](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/hackaday-podcast/2019-08-23-ep032-meteorite-snow-globes-radioactive-ramjet-rockets-autonomous-water-boxes-an) (Hackaday Podcast)

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