First, the suggestion.

I've tried searching for this with no luck, so it may have been mentioned before.

Is there a project to build the Dronebot robot? The mascot robot for the site. It seems to me this is a project that has unlimited potential and would be beneficial to the site. I can imagine different models that cater to different experience levels (beginner, intermediate, advanced); the project can be community driven with contributions from people with different skill sets, i.e., CAD/3D modelers, circuit designers, programmers, micro motors, quadruped. biped, wheeled, etc. The capabilities can be varied, i.e., lights, sound, RC, etc.

Wouldn't it be fun if once the design is "build ready".  it could be presented on the channel. You could have different models appear on bench that match the theme of the episode.

This project seemed conspicuously missing to me. A caution is that Bill would need to agree to build it or take some prebuilt items from the community and assemble them.  It would also need time to get it build ready so timing might be an issue. But much of it is probably already there.

Once it's in place, of course, it would serve as a springboard for more ideas. Dronebot in a  plane, on a boat, in a car, karioke Dronebot,  Dronebot torso, etc.

It just seems to me that it would be a fun project.

Guidance Q: Is there a policy about kit bashing? I have a couple of purchased toy bots that I would like to either upgrade or take components from. Same for replicating some aspect of another bot. For example.  the oHBot pan-and-tilt is similar to the component sold by Adafruit. Try to combine the mouth and eye movement mechanisms with the Adafruit enclosure.

Thanks

Tim