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alexglow.bsky.social
Working on a "Beanie Bots" #CompanionBot concept :) As simple as possible w/ an old LightBlue Bean & @alpenglow.bsky.social Coin Cell Power adapter.

Also resurrecting the LBBean ecosystem as much as possible!

It'll go on @hacksterio.bsky.social, but for now, build thread: bsky.app/profile/alex...
Desk with a LightBlue Bean on Omnifixo third hand, Coin Cell Power adapter + LiPo, haptic vibration motor, LEDs, and a stuffed light blue Owlbear! Lyrics to Stephen Sanchez's "High" in the bg.
February 14, 2025 at 8:25 PM
alexglow.bsky.social
It’s #HackOClock 🛠✨ Going live in a few to get my owl #CompanionBot, Archimedes, ready to co-host #HacksterIO Impact Spotlights tomorrow and rock #MakerFaire this weekend!

More on Archie: alexglow.notion.site/Archimedes-O...

▶️ bit.ly/hackoclock
▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii
▶️ linkedin.com/in/alexglow
Two versions of Archimedes, my owl companion bot who usually rides around on my shoulder. He’s mostly 3D-printed in blue, with a scarf or bandana covering the electronics, and has a beak made of cut-up CDs. He also sports a little top hat with a white arcade button. V1 (right) has a camera and speaker in his eyes; V2 (left) has LEDs set behind moonstones.
September 24, 2025 at 9:19 PM
alexglow.bsky.social
I built this #raccoon #CompanionBot back in 2022, but realized that I'd left the tutorial "unlisted"! Now I'm interviewing Loomia for #HacksterCafe, so I wanted to release it into the wild. :D

Join us live for the interview on Tues July 15 at 10:30am Pacific! youtube.com/playlist?lis...
July 9, 2025 at 8:38 PM
tammi.bsky.social
Is there a little CompanionBot, for when you'll probably be OK, but a bit of support couldn't hurt?
January 30, 2024 at 11:20 AM
alexglow.bsky.social
Also, this Thursday (9/25) – 12 hours from now – Archimedes and I are presenting @hacksterio.bsky.social Impact Spotlights: four talks from community members about their #robotics projects!

Had to have my own #CompanionBot co-host with me 🦉🛠✨

Join us at 9am Pacific: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kVG...
Impact Spotlights: Robotics
YouTube video by Hackster.io, an Avnet community
www.youtube.com
September 25, 2025 at 4:14 AM
highlandsurfer.bsky.social
Would it really be so shocking to find out that the billionaire who moved to Texas to establish a cultlike "Compound" where dozens of his children and several of his not-exactly-wives live, and is currently marketing an adolescent anime ai companionbot, a pedo-con?
July 22, 2025 at 6:06 PM
mischab.bsky.social
Cargo Pilgrim

Prompt in ALT

#aiart #blueskyart #digitalart #aicommunity #characterdesign #afrofuturism #companionbot #studioportrait #magenta #scififashion
full length studio portrait of a slender figure in a smooth white helmet with simple circular eye holes, standing in front of a large blue and yellow utility mech on a clean white backdrop, person wearing a crisp white long sleeve tunic with red suspenders and bright magenta harem style pants tied with layered bead belts, bare ankles with bead anklets and pink sandals, left hand holding a small cream and red cloth bag, wrists stacked with mixed metal bangles, cylindrical canister clipped at the hip, mech behind them constructed from chunky cylindrical modules, paint chipped and scuffed to reveal metal, large circular vent at chest and sturdy hydraulic legs with small roller feet, soft even studio lighting from high camera left with mild fill from the right, 50mm lens at f-9 for deep focus on both pilot and machine, subtle shadow at their feet to anchor them, high resolution cinematic realism with a slight brushed texture on surfaces.
November 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
alexglow.bsky.social
New #DayGlowShow this Thurs with @ishotjr.bsky.social – join two #CompanionBot nerds as we go deep on the #Arduino Alvik #robot! Plus: updates on projects & events 🛠️✨

Noon PST, 3pm EST, 8pm UTC:
▶️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo7x...
▶️ www.linkedin.com/events/74322...
▶️ www.twitch.tv/glowascii
DAY//GLOW Ep. 8: Arduino Alvik Adventures
YouTube video by Alex Glow
www.youtube.com
February 25, 2026 at 4:14 AM
spacetalk.bsky.social
Incredible levels of desperation. The "95% of AI adoption by businesses failed" thing must have been catastrophic for them to be trying to pivot from the worker replacement model to "personal companionbot".

Individuals simply do not have the kind of money that OpenAI needs to keep afloat.
October 14, 2025 at 11:50 PM
alexglow.bsky.social
Kicking this off with Archimedes, the #owl #CompanionBot in that first pic! Made him for #BayArea #MakerFaire '18 with a #RaspberryPi, then updated in '21 w/ an added #Arduino for servos.

Been working on little Nano'Medes and a new "Prince Stolas" version! 🦉🤖💙✨

V2: www.hackster.io/glowascii/ar...
Archie V2 on Alex's shoulder: a blue 3D-printed robot owl, with a reflective upcycled CD wing feather and moonstone eyes. Alex by the Ocean in Biosphere 2, with a tiny owl robot peeking out of her bag. It's 3D-printed in blue/green "Quantum" filament, and has simple blue origami wings (adapted from a crane base) with some feathers painted on in nail polish. Alex at Supercon '23, wearing a black Archimedes (Prince Stolas) with a little gold wire crown. (Alas, it has no brain yet!) I'm sorta tickling its wing. You can also see my ESP8266 programmer PCB/earring, styled like a Ouija board planchette. Parts for Prince Stolas: shoulder harness with a servo gimbal, plus a Companion Core PCB strapped on, which holds an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense; head with crown and wonky rubber eyebrows; USB hub for running power separately to the Arduino and servos.
December 30, 2024 at 5:33 AM
alexglow.bsky.social
Hey all! I built Archimedes (my owl #CompanionBot) back in '18, inspired the iconic @oddjayy.bsky.social to build his first one, and he's led the growing movement ever since! (Go follow ✨)

I also LOVE making useful, wearable art PCBs—e.g., my #ESP8266 programmer & robot heart.

More: bit.ly/ayglow
Alex (white woman with short blue hair) wearing a blue 3D-printed owl robot (in a top hat) on her shoulder, smiling a little. Alex in a purple dress with F3NR1R (a fennec fox robot made of laser-cut grey-and-blue felt) perched on her left shoulder, smiling at the camera. Alex wears a big black PCB earring shaped like a Ouija board planchette, with white sketchy silkscreen spelling out "ESP-01" and wreathing the board in stylized nasturtiums. Two "Companion Core" boards, with ribcages forming copper traces between pins. The solder mask is removed to expose a heart, and the board reads "Mittler zwischen Hirn und Händen muss das Herz sein" – a line from Metropolis: "The mediator between head and hands must be the heart"
October 21, 2024 at 9:33 PM
wesfryer.com
A 23-year-old Snapchat influencer used OpenAI’s technology to create an A.I. version of herself that will be your girlfriend for $1 per minute by #Fortune

https://archive.ph/iQK8D

#AI #Bot #ChatGPT #CompanionBot #edtechSR
May 10, 2023 at 1:28 AM
toxfox.bsky.social
Gm devs #ai #aiart #crypto #companion #companionbot #imgnai
October 18, 2024 at 5:36 PM
espencer.bsky.social
22 min in tell me you don’t start sobbing like a damn baby 💔😭 #AI #companionbot
Can A.I. Make People Feel Less Lonely?
Podcast Episode · The Daily · 28 May · 29min
podcasts.apple.com
May 28, 2026 at 9:59 PM
namimi-2006.bsky.social
💖💜❤️Neco the Companionbot remastered💖💜❤️
January 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
sayakamarket.bsky.social
💥 Alerte BON PLAN 🎅
😻 Rencontrez votre compagnon IA qui va égayer vos journées !

#bonplan #companionbot qui va transformer votre quotidien !
Le #dealdujour parfait pour tous les geeks ! Un #cadeauoriginal qui fait craquer à tous les coups 🎁

Dispo sur sayakamarket.com

#gadgettech #bonsplans
November 13, 2025 at 8:57 AM