Mike is a computer programmer by day and an amateur roboticist by night. Mike and his humanoid robot Boomer have competed in the last 11 Robogames and have won multiple bronze, silver and gold metals. For the past 9 years he has been experimenting with 3D printed robot designs at his local hackerspace which he is a founding member of. He is an active member of the 3D printer community and he is working on his own 3d printer design. He also has been a grass roots supporter of the Kansas City Maker Faire as well as attending most of the national and international Maker Faires. People who are interested in his adventures in robotics should check out his blog “I, Bioloid”. He is currently exploring open-source 3D printed robotics and using the ROS (Robot Operating System) with his robots.
Publications:
MAKE: 3D Printing November 2013 by Maker Media.
Cloning the DARwIn-OP, 3D-print a $12,000 humanoid robot — for half that price.
publication date Apr 23, 2013 publication by Maker Media.
DARwIn-OP Cloning (3D printing—a case study)
publication date Nov 8, 2012 publication description Robot Issue 38 January/February 2013
STEAM/STEM events:
Robogames: years 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011,2012,2013,2015,2016,2017,2018
Kansas City Maker Faire: years 2009,2010,2011,2012,2013,2014,2015,2016,2017,2018
Korean Science Festival Daejeon: years 2018
Tokyo Maker Faire: years 2016,2017,2018
New York Maker Faire: years 2011,2012,2013,2014
Bay Area Maker Faire: years 2011,2012,2013,2014
Detroit Maker Faire: years 2010,2011,2012,2013,2014
Wichita Maker Faire: years 2016,2017,2018
St. Joseph Maker Faire: years 2018
Barnes and Noble Maker Faire: years 2015,2016,2017
Midwest RepRap Festival: years 2016,2017,2018
Kshitij, IIT Kharagpur: years 2017
Awards:
Robogames medals:
Stair Climbing - Bronze - 2007
Biped Race (light weight) - Bronze - 2008
KungFu (lightweight) - Bronze - 2009
FreeStyle/Acrobatics - Gold - 2009
Stair Climbing - Gold - 2009
Biped Race - Bronze - 2009
Team USA, 3:3 Android Soccer - Silver - 2010
Autonomous Obstacle Run - Silver - 2011
FreeStyle Kit - Bronze - 2012
Autonomous Obstacle Run - Gold - 2012
FreeStyle/Acrobatics (Original)- Gold - 2016
Team USA, 3:3 Android Soccer - Silver – 2016
KungFu (lightweight) - Bronze – 2017
Team USA, 3:3 Android Soccer - Gold – 2017
FreeStyle/Acrobatics (Kit)- Bronze - 2017
FreeStyle/Acrobatics (Original)- Gold - 2017
KungFu (lightweight) - Bronze – 2018
Team USA, 3:3 Android Soccer - Bronze – 2018
FreeStyle/Acrobatics (Kit)- Silver - 2018
1st Hitec Humanoid Robotics Cup 2008 Best humanoid robot under 3 kg.
Maker Faire Maker of Merit awards:
Kansas City Maker Faire 2018
World Maker Faire 2014
World Maker Faire 2014, Yes, I won two that year
Detroit Maker Faire 2014
Kansas City Maker Faire 2014
Bay Area Maker Faire 2013
World Maker Faire 2012
Detroit Maker Faire 2012
World Maker Faire 2011