Gunther
@gunthercox.com
Robot builder and software engineer who likes the planet Earth 🌎 🤖 🌱 👩🏼💻
#technology #robotics #programming
📕 --> https://amzn.to/41K298G
🌐 https://github.com/gunthercox/
#technology #robotics #programming
📕 --> https://amzn.to/41K298G
🌐 https://github.com/gunthercox/
One of my projects is going to be ready for its debut soon:
salvius.org/store/stand-...
#robotics #comedy #authors
salvius.org/store/stand-...
#robotics #comedy #authors
November 9, 2025 at 8:16 PM
If you had to start your robotics toolkit from scratch, what are the most essential items you need to have?
My list: blog.salvius.org/2025/11/a-gu...
My list: blog.salvius.org/2025/11/a-gu...
A Guide to Building Your Robotics Toolkit
Salvius in an open source humanoid robot built on a minimal budget
blog.salvius.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:29 PM
If you had to start your robotics toolkit from scratch, what are the most essential items you need to have?
My list: blog.salvius.org/2025/11/a-gu...
My list: blog.salvius.org/2025/11/a-gu...
Reposted by Gunther
Computers are much easier to hold to account than people
We deliberately structure companies and human systems exactly to avoid having to hold people to account
We deliberately structure companies and human systems exactly to avoid having to hold people to account
seeing this image used as an argument against driverless cars is hilarious considering the fact that we don't hold human drivers accountable for killing people unless they're exceedingly reckless (drunk, speeding, texting, etc.)
November 3, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Computers are much easier to hold to account than people
We deliberately structure companies and human systems exactly to avoid having to hold people to account
We deliberately structure companies and human systems exactly to avoid having to hold people to account
Quick Halloween glowing dragon repair... totally in the wheelhouse 🔥
October 31, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Quick Halloween glowing dragon repair... totally in the wheelhouse 🔥
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Ghost Hunting with an SLS Camera
YouTube video by Salvius the Robot
youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 11:23 AM
I'm thinking of resuming my series on the history of robotics, I still have ~20 unfinished draft posts from 2014 🥲
I thought this one about John Dee's mechanical beetle might be a good one for the month of October:
blog.salvius.org/2014/04/a-hi...
#robotics #history #october #halloween
I thought this one about John Dee's mechanical beetle might be a good one for the month of October:
blog.salvius.org/2014/04/a-hi...
#robotics #history #october #halloween
A History of Robotics: John Dee's Beetle
Salvius in an open source humanoid robot built on a minimal budget
blog.salvius.org
October 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
I'm thinking of resuming my series on the history of robotics, I still have ~20 unfinished draft posts from 2014 🥲
I thought this one about John Dee's mechanical beetle might be a good one for the month of October:
blog.salvius.org/2014/04/a-hi...
#robotics #history #october #halloween
I thought this one about John Dee's mechanical beetle might be a good one for the month of October:
blog.salvius.org/2014/04/a-hi...
#robotics #history #october #halloween
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Despite major advances in the field, there are still many obstacles to bringing humanoid robots to market, from scaling up production, to safety and reliability. 🤖 spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-rob... #Robots #Robotics
Reality Is Ruining the Humanoid Robot Hype
It takes more than building a humanoid robot to build a humanoid robot product.
spectrum.ieee.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Despite major advances in the field, there are still many obstacles to bringing humanoid robots to market, from scaling up production, to safety and reliability. 🤖 spectrum.ieee.org/humanoid-rob... #Robots #Robotics
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Amid the biodiversity crisis, stories of resilience and recovery offer hope. From monarch butterflies migrating to the reintroduction of species such as the Arabian oryx, nature's recovery inspires. 🦋 #ConservationOptimism 🌏🧪
Discover more with @theguardian.com
Discover more with @theguardian.com
Hope, joy, absurdity and marvel: there is so much more to our world story than loss
Amid environmental tragedy, a hidden world of curiosity and wonder still exists. And in this, says Natalie Kyriacou, we can find glimmers of hope
bit.ly
September 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Amid the biodiversity crisis, stories of resilience and recovery offer hope. From monarch butterflies migrating to the reintroduction of species such as the Arabian oryx, nature's recovery inspires. 🦋 #ConservationOptimism 🌏🧪
Discover more with @theguardian.com
Discover more with @theguardian.com
As someone who was alive in 1999 but not old enough to really have been aware of it, I find parables like this valuable:
It was a running joke in 1999 that you had all these doomed business models where any lay person would say, "So you're giving a way a thing that nobody will pay for at great expense to yourself while boasting it's the wave of the future just because it's online?"
September 7, 2025 at 10:08 PM
As someone who was alive in 1999 but not old enough to really have been aware of it, I find parables like this valuable:
Any other good ideas for backgrounds I could use?
#STEM #robotics #coloringbook
(Available on Amazon, link in bio)
#STEM #robotics #coloringbook
(Available on Amazon, link in bio)
August 31, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Any other good ideas for backgrounds I could use?
#STEM #robotics #coloringbook
(Available on Amazon, link in bio)
#STEM #robotics #coloringbook
(Available on Amazon, link in bio)
I'm beyond excited to announce the release of a small publication I've been working on. The Robot Science Coloring Book is based on sketches from my own notebooks, and represents everything that originally made me interested in robotics.
amzn.to/41K298G
#robotics
amzn.to/41K298G
#robotics
August 20, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I'm beyond excited to announce the release of a small publication I've been working on. The Robot Science Coloring Book is based on sketches from my own notebooks, and represents everything that originally made me interested in robotics.
amzn.to/41K298G
#robotics
amzn.to/41K298G
#robotics
Reposted by Gunther
The Robot Science Coloring Book (based on many of the original designs for Salvius) is now available!
amzn.to/41K298G
amzn.to/41K298G
The Robot Science Coloring Book
The Robot Science Coloring Book [Cox, Gunther] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Robot Science Coloring Book
amzn.to
August 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The Robot Science Coloring Book (based on many of the original designs for Salvius) is now available!
amzn.to/41K298G
amzn.to/41K298G
"over 57% of US households can’t afford a $300,000 home, even though the median home price in 2025 is $459,000"
learn.robinhood.com/weekly-rundo...
#economics #stocks #ai
learn.robinhood.com/weekly-rundo...
#economics #stocks #ai
The dichotomy
learn.robinhood.com
July 25, 2025 at 11:27 AM
"over 57% of US households can’t afford a $300,000 home, even though the median home price in 2025 is $459,000"
learn.robinhood.com/weekly-rundo...
#economics #stocks #ai
learn.robinhood.com/weekly-rundo...
#economics #stocks #ai
Started adding a botany section to the science wing of my digital museum. Burrs caught my attention recently 🌿
museum.gunthercox.com/science/bota...
#burrs #botany #digitalmuseum
museum.gunthercox.com/science/bota...
#burrs #botany #digitalmuseum
Botany
“De Materia Medica”, compiled in the 1st century by Greek physician Dioscorides, remains one of the earliest comprehensive texts on the medicinal properties of plants. From ancient herbals and the sym...
museum.gunthercox.com
July 17, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Started adding a botany section to the science wing of my digital museum. Burrs caught my attention recently 🌿
museum.gunthercox.com/science/bota...
#burrs #botany #digitalmuseum
museum.gunthercox.com/science/bota...
#burrs #botany #digitalmuseum
Roughly 10 years ago I went to see a talk featuring the futurist author Martin Ford. I wrote up some notes afterward and saved them as a blog post that I think has become more relevant given the types of technologies that are emerging now.
blog.salvius.org/2025/05/rise...
#automation #robotics #ai
blog.salvius.org/2025/05/rise...
#automation #robotics #ai
Rise of the Robots: Technology and the Future of Work
Salvius in an open source humanoid robot built on a minimal budget
blog.salvius.org
May 16, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Roughly 10 years ago I went to see a talk featuring the futurist author Martin Ford. I wrote up some notes afterward and saved them as a blog post that I think has become more relevant given the types of technologies that are emerging now.
blog.salvius.org/2025/05/rise...
#automation #robotics #ai
blog.salvius.org/2025/05/rise...
#automation #robotics #ai
Reposted by Gunther
An infinite number of monkeys. But as a service.
May 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
An infinite number of monkeys. But as a service.
Cool implementation as a "first-party" application
May 3, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Cool implementation as a "first-party" application
Reposted by Gunther
I wrote an article for The Conversation analysing the robot horse presented by Kawasaki :)
Kawasaki has unveiled a concept robotic horse, but can it actually be achieved?
A robot that you ride like a horse is being developed. It will stretch current limits of engineering
Kawasaki has unveiled a concept robotic horse, but can it actually be achieved?
tcnv.link
April 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I wrote an article for The Conversation analysing the robot horse presented by Kawasaki :)
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This is extremely important information, even if the study ethics are a bit questionable
👀Today’s AIs are already hyper persuasive.
A controversial study where LLMs tried to persuade users on Reddit found that: “Notably, all our treatments surpass human performance substantially, achieving persuasive rates between three and six times higher than the human baseline.”
A controversial study where LLMs tried to persuade users on Reddit found that: “Notably, all our treatments surpass human performance substantially, achieving persuasive rates between three and six times higher than the human baseline.”
April 28, 2025 at 5:49 PM
This is extremely important information, even if the study ethics are a bit questionable
My morning spent wondering if oak branches have an acceptable flexural-strength to cost ratio compared to metals and polymers.
Up next: built the robotic arm.
#robotics #sustainability
blog.salvius.org/2025/04/flex...
Up next: built the robotic arm.
#robotics #sustainability
blog.salvius.org/2025/04/flex...
Flexural Strength of Oak Branches vs Aluminum and Carbon Fiber
Salvius in an open source humanoid robot built on a minimal budget
blog.salvius.org
April 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
My morning spent wondering if oak branches have an acceptable flexural-strength to cost ratio compared to metals and polymers.
Up next: built the robotic arm.
#robotics #sustainability
blog.salvius.org/2025/04/flex...
Up next: built the robotic arm.
#robotics #sustainability
blog.salvius.org/2025/04/flex...
Had to try this, I'd totally order one of these if there was an affordable way to do so (toy version of the @salvius.org #robot)
April 24, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Had to try this, I'd totally order one of these if there was an affordable way to do so (toy version of the @salvius.org #robot)
Reposted by Gunther
I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
April 15, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I don't remember the last time I was this emotionally invested
Reposted by Gunther
@hf.co has already been foundational in the field of AI, robotics is a bold and logical next step
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/h... #robotics #huggingface #ai
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/h... #robotics #huggingface #ai
Hugging Face buys a humanoid robotics startup | TechCrunch
AI dev platform Hugging Face has acquired Pollen Robotics, a robotics startup based in France, for an undisclosed amount.
techcrunch.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:02 PM
@hf.co has already been foundational in the field of AI, robotics is a bold and logical next step
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/h... #robotics #huggingface #ai
techcrunch.com/2025/04/14/h... #robotics #huggingface #ai
Attempting to give some kale a headstart using a makeshift greenhouse hotbed made out of some old insulated windows (despite still having ice on the pond in the mornings it seems to be working) #gardening #recycle #food
April 14, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Attempting to give some kale a headstart using a makeshift greenhouse hotbed made out of some old insulated windows (despite still having ice on the pond in the mornings it seems to be working) #gardening #recycle #food